# civilisation vs civilization

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### civilisation
*noun · IPA /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #17,793*
UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.

### civilization
*noun · IPA /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #6,998*
An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/civilisation-vs-civilization