“Visualizing” or “Visualising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “visualizing” and 5 prefer “visualising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	visualizing	visualising	Preference
United States	98	2	“visualizing”
United Kingdom	32	68	“visualising”
India	41	59	“visualising”
Philippines	98	2	“visualizing”
Canada	94	6	“visualizing”
Australia	23	77	“visualising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	36	64	“visualising”
New Zealand	28	72	“visualising”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“visualizing”

PAOHVis: open-source PAOHVis system for visualizing dynamic hypergraphs.
…choosing an imaging technique for visualizing soft tissue ECM components.
These views are artifacts for visualizing, understanding, and assimilating the broad…
Canton and Hongkong // MIT Visualizing Cultures
…band LWIR/MWIR FPA demonstrated better visualizing of tactical vehicles than MWIR…
…development of a technique for visualizing changes in gene expression in…
…Simulator, A tool for simulating, visualizing and transforming finite state automata…
…IAF's ongoing capability build-up and visualizing its future technology requirements.
They then began visualizing wealth, fame and championships.
…the heart electrical activity by visualizing waveform beat origin (typically from…

“visualising”

Act One closes with Tolomeo visualising his wife, wishing that she…
…driving to the shop and visualising the exact car park space.
Hysteroscopy involves visualising the endometrium (inner lining of…
…a GUI, which allows for visualising time series, modifying constant structure…
…spiral CT and MRI for visualising the body in 3D.
…compound is very useful in visualising the location of DNA fragments…
…of the pantheon of deities, visualising the hierarchy emanating from the
…data view for analysing and visualising expression data.
…a tool for modelling and visualising the complex relationships that exist…
2018 Visualising Palestine: an Intimate Portrait of…

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