Words ending in -ize/-ise
Verbs in British English that can be spelled with either -ize or -ise at the end are always spelled with -ize at the end in American English:
| US | British |
| apologize | apologize or apologise |
| organize | organize or organise |
| recognize | recognize or recognise |
The same is true of words that end in -ization or -isation in British English. In American English, they always end in -ization:
| US | British |
| civilization | civilization or civilisation |
| modernization | modernization or modernisation |
