Pressurised or pressurized?
pressurised is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of pressurized”; pressurized is an adjective meaning “Under pressure”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) pressurized is about 3.7 times as common as pressurised.
What is the difference between pressurised and pressurized?
| pressurised | pressurized | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective, verb | adjective, verb |
| Meaning | UKAlternative form of pressurized | Under pressure |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words | 1.1 times per million words |
Sources: pressurised and pressurized in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of pressurised and pressurized
pressurised
- 1
UKAlternative form of pressurized
pressurized
- 1
Under pressure
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, pressurised or pressurized?
pressurised appears about once in every 3 million words; pressurized 1.1 times per million words.
pressurised about once in every 3 million wordspressurized 1.1 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).