American and British English spelling differences (English Wikipedia)

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abc.net.au (Global: 120^th place; English: 70^th place)

"Jail or gaol: Which spelling is correct?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 June 2016.

academia.edu (Global: 105^th place; English: 99^th place)

Dictionaries of Canadian English: the First Century 1912–2017 by Stefan Dollinger|https://www.academia.edu/36780450/Dictionaries_of_Canadian_English_the_first_century_1912_2017_rev_

act.gov.au (Global: 5,810^th place; English: 3,181^st place)

pco.act.gov.au

"Spelling, Abbreviations and Symbols Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 15 November 2012.

ahdictionary.com (Global: 4,364^th place; English: 2,759^th place)

"The American Heritage Dictionary entry: medieval". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. HarperCollins.
MW favours -poule and /-pjuːl/, AHD -pule and /-puːl/
sulphur in the American Heritage Dictionary

alp.org.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Australian Labor: History". ALP.org.au. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

aluminium.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Aluminium Association of Canada".

americannationaltheatre.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The American National Theatre (ANT)". ANT. 2008–2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.

americantheatre.org (Global: low place; English: 7,301^st place)

Weinert-Kendt, Rob (20 July 2015). "Re: the 'Re' in Theatre". American Theatre. Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved 20 December 2025.

answers.com (Global: 2,156^th place; English: 1,933^rd place)

"American Heritage Dictionary". Answers.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Johnson, Samuel (15 April 1755). "Preface". A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the Best Writers. To which are Prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley. p. 10. Note: First edition, 2 volumes (folio). Published 15 April 1755.
"complected". Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English usage. Springfield, Mass: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1994. p. 271. ISBN 0-87779-132-5. not an error...simply an Americanism
Weiner, E.S.C.; Delahunty, Andrew (1994). The Oxford Guide to English Usage (paperback). Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-19-280024-4.
Garner, Bryan (2001). A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 122. ISBN 978-0-19-514236-5. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
Murray, James A. H. (1880). Spelling Reform. Annual address of the President of the Philological Society. Bath: Isaac Pitman. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
Murray, James (November 1885). A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles. Vol. I Pt 2: Ant–Batten. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 389 s.v. "apophthegm", 393 s.vv. "apothegm", "apothem". Retrieved 3 October 2018.
Garner, Bryan A. (1998). A Dictionary of Modern American Usage. New York: OUP. p. 313. ISBN 0-19-507853-5.

askoxford.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Are spellings like 'privatize' and 'organize' Americanisms?". AskOxford.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 4 February 2007.
"Grammar – Oxford Dictionaries Online". Askoxford.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2001. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
"draught". Concise OED. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2007.
"gauntlet²". Concise OED. Archived from the original on 21 November 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
"What is the correct or more usual written form when writing the time – a.m., am, or A.M.?". AskOxford. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2 October 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

bartleby.com (Global: 1,965^th place; English: 1,869^th place)

Mencken, Henry Louis (1975) [1945]. The American Language; An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States; Supplement I. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-394-40076-3.
accouter
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Action over non-English spellings". BBC News. 24 November 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
See for example "Pc bitten on face in Tube attack". BBC. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2007.

bbc.co.uk

"BBC Mundo | Questions about English". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

bipm.org (Global: 1,781^st place; English: 2,481^st place)

www1.bipm.org

The Metric Conversion Act of 1985 gives the Secretary of Commerce of the US the responsibility of interpreting or modifying the SI for use in the US. The Secretary of Commerce delegated this authority to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Turner, 2008 Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine). In 2008, the NIST published the US version (Taylor and Thompson, 2008a Archived 3 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine) of the English text of the eighth edition of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures publication Le Système International d'Unités (SI) (BIPM, 2006). In the NIST publication, the spellings "meter", "liter", and "deka" are used rather than "metre", "litre", and "deca" as in the original BIPM English text (Taylor and Thompson, 2008a, p. iii). The Director of the NIST officially acknowledged this publication, together with Taylor and Thompson (2008b), as the "legal interpretation" of the SI for the United States (Turner, 2008 ).

bma.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

See, for example, the November 2006 BMA document titled Selection for Specialty Training Archived 30 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine

bmjjournals.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

bmj.bmjjournals.com

Aronson, Jeff (26 July 1997). "When I use a word...:Oe no!". British Medical Journal. 315 (7102). doi:10.1136/bmj.315.7102.0h. S2CID 71675333. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

David Micklethwait (1 January 2005). Noah Webster and the American Dictionary. McFarland. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-7864-2157-2.
Wilson, Kenneth G. (1993). "theater, theatre". The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-231-06989-2.
Rissanen, Matti (2006). Corpus-based Studies of Diachronic English. Peter Lang. p. 244. ISBN 978-3-03910-851-0.
Google Books Ngram Viewer: enterprise, enterprize (1700–1799)
Henry Watson Fowler (2015). Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-19-966135-0.
"Google Ngram Viewer". books.google.com. grill:eng_us_2012/grille:eng_us_2012,grill:eng_gb_2012/grille:eng_gb_2012. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
Berube, Margery S.; Pickett, Joseph P.; Leonesio, Christopher (2005). "slew / slough / slue". A Guide to Contemporary Usage & Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 435. ISBN 9780618604999.
"antismoking,anti-smoking". Google Ngram Viewer.

businesswritingblog.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

See, e.g., The Associated Press Stylebook: 4 p.m.; Microsoft Manual of Style: 4 P.M. (however, Microsoft prefers 24-hour time notations, in which 4 P.M. is 16:00.); The Chicago Manual of Style: 4 p.m. (recommended), also 4 PM or 4 P.M. (with PM in small capitals); Garner's Modern English Usage: 4 p.m. or 4 PM (with PM in small capitals); The Gregg Reference Manual: 4 p.m. or 4 P.M. (with PM in small capitals). See http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2009/06/what-is-the-correct-time-am-pm-am-pm-am-pm-.html. See also https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/p.m.

byu.edu (Global: 1,502^nd place; English: 829^th place)

corpus.byu.edu

British National Corpus. Retrieved 1 April 2008.

cambridge.org (Global: 209^th place; English: 151^st place)

dictionary.cambridge.org

"bus". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, jewellery UK, American jewelry
"lupine". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved 25 June 2026.; "lupin". Cambridge Dictionaries (Online). Cambridge University Press. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

chambersharrap.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Chambers | Free English Dictionary". Chambersharrap.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

clearlingo.co.nz (Global: low place; English: low place)

Stack, Marja. "New Zealand English: -ise vs -ize endings". Clearlingo Proofreading and Editing. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

collinsdictionary.com (Global: 1,831^st place; English: 1,216^th place)

"Complection definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"pean". Collins English Dictionary.
"Phenix". Collins English Dictionary.
"Phenix". Collins English Dictionary.
"Advertize". Collins Dictionary.
"Comprize". Collins Dictionary.
"fulfil". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
"Ampule". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 25 June 2019. in BRIT, use ampoule
"Plunk". Collins English Dictionary.
"Putter²". Collins English Dictionary.
"Chlorophyll definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Defuze definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Fuze definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Sirup". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
"Xanthophyll definition and meaning". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 27 November 2025.

dailytelegraph.com.au (Global: 1,160^th place; English: 586^th place)

Williams, Brian (3 June 2011). "Kookaburra survives 700 km trip after being stuck in car's grille". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

dictionary.com (Global: 1,672^nd place; English: 1,248^th place)

"pean". Dictionary.com.
"Advertize". Dictionary.com.
"Comprize". Dictionary.com.
"naivety". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"Chlorophyll". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Corvette Definition & Meaning". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
"Defuze". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Fuze". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Xanthophyll". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 27 November 2025.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Algeo, John (2008). "The Effects of the Revolution on Language". A Companion to the American Revolution. John Wiley & Sons. p. 599. doi:10.1002/9780470756454.ch72.
Aronson, Jeff (26 July 1997). "When I use a word...:Oe no!". British Medical Journal. 315 (7102). doi:10.1136/bmj.315.7102.0h. S2CID 71675333. Archived from the original on 20 April 2005.
Minhas, Harp (1 January 1992). "Royal Society of Chemistry 1992 policy change". Analyst. 117 (1). Rsc.org: 1. doi:10.1039/AN9921700001. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

economist.com (Global: 331^st place; English: 272^nd place)

For example, The Times^{[link removed]}, The Guardian, The Economist. Retrieved 24 June 2008.

education.yahoo.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"P.M.". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Houghton Mifflin. 2000.

etymonline.com (Global: 669^th place; English: 670^th place)

"-or". Online Etymology Dictionary.
"etymonline.com". etymonline.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
"Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
Draft. Online Etymology Dictionary.
"Online Etymology Dictionary: gage". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
"Online Etymology Dictionary".
"Online Etymology Dictionary: licorice". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

europa.eu (Global: 62^nd place; English: 100^th place)

ec.europa.eu

"3.2 -is-/-iz- spelling" (PDF). English Style Guide. A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission (8th ed.). 26 August 2016. p. 14.

giantbomb.com (Global: 3,185^th place; English: 2,451^st place)

Symphony (15 October 2009). "Things I don't Understand: Part 3 – Canada!". Giant Bomb. Jeffinitely. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009.

gov.uk (Global: 401^st place; English: 228^th place)

"A to Z – Style Guide – Gov.uk". gov.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2019. See "Americanisms" in section A

govinfo.gov (Global: 1,755^th place; English: 831^st place)

"U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual 2016" (PDF). govinfo.gov. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
"U.S. Government Publishing Office Style Manual 2016" (PDF). govinfo.gov. Retrieved 21 November 2025.

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edocket.access.gpo.gov

"US Code of Federal Regulations – Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Section 5.22: Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2014.

grammarist.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Wagon vs. Waggon". 20 January 2011.

guthrietheater.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Our Story | Guthrie Theater". www.guthrietheater.org. Retrieved 20 December 2025.

iana.org (Global: 2,479^th place; English: 2,606^th place)

"IANA language subtag registry". IANA. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

lac-bac.gc.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

epe.lac-bac.gc.ca

Clark, Joe (2009). Organizing Our Marvellous Neighbours: How to Feel Good About Canadian English (e-book, version 1.1 ed.). ISBN 978-0-9809525-0-6. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020.

lazarosoho.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Jewelry vs. Jewellery". Lazaro Soho. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

lexico.com (Global: 2,946^th place; English: 2,042^nd place)

"cloture". Lexico. Lexico.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020.

lukemastin.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Canadian, British and American Spelling".

macquariedictionary.com.au (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Macquarie Dictionary". www.macquariedictionary.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
"Macquarie Dictionary". www.macquariedictionary.com.au. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

merriam-webster.com (Global: 425^th place; English: 373^rd place)

merriam-webster.com

"accoutre". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
"Complection". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"palaestra". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
"subpoena". Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary.
"Definition of MEDIEVAL". 15 August 2023.
"subpoena". Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary.
"Surprise". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
"Analog". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
"Demagog". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Pedagog". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Synagog". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"Surveil". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 3 January 2018.; "British & World English > surveil". OxfordDictionaries.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
"Definition of KIDNAPPED". 6 April 2024.
"Definition of WORSHIPPED". 30 March 2024.
"agism". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871.
Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
Merriam-Webster online, aerodrome. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
MW favours -poule and /-pjuːl/, AHD -pule and /-puːl/
"naivety". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
"Definition of DIVE". www.merriam-webster.com. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
"Adz". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
"Definition of apophthegm". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
"CIGARETTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster". Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
Merriam-Webster Online. . Retrieved 1 January 2008.
"faggot". Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
"fagot". Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
"gage.Merriam-Webster.com
"Gauntlet". Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
"Hearken". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
"Idyll". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
"lupine". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved 25 June 2026.; "lupin". Cambridge Dictionaries (Online). Cambridge University Press. n.d. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
"Pipet". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
Merriam-Webster Online
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary labels the spelling sulphur as chiefly British but contradicts this in the same entry's usage note by saying that both spellings are common in general usage in American English. The usage note also ignores the modern widespread British usage of the spelling sulfur in scientific and technical usage (reported e.g. by the Oxford Dictionaries): "The spelling sulfur predominates in United States technical usage, while both sulfur and sulphur are common in general usage. British usage tends to favor sulphur for all applications. The same pattern is seen in most of the words derived from sulfur." Usage note, Merriam-Webster Online. . Retrieved 1 January 2008. The usage note in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is more up to date: "The spelling sulfur now predominates in U.S. technical and general usage. British usage still tends to favor sulphur, but use of that spelling has decreased dramatically in recent decades and continues to do so. The growing preference for sulfur on both sides of the Atlantic is no doubt encouraged by the recommendations of the Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and other organizations. The same pattern is seen in most of the words derived from sulfur." Usage note from the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.
"sirup". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
"PM". Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
See, e.g., The Associated Press Stylebook: 4 p.m.; Microsoft Manual of Style: 4 P.M. (however, Microsoft prefers 24-hour time notations, in which 4 P.M. is 16:00.); The Chicago Manual of Style: 4 p.m. (recommended), also 4 PM or 4 P.M. (with PM in small capitals); Garner's Modern English Usage: 4 p.m. or 4 PM (with PM in small capitals); The Gregg Reference Manual: 4 p.m. or 4 P.M. (with PM in small capitals). See http://www.businesswritingblog.com/business_writing/2009/06/what-is-the-correct-time-am-pm-am-pm-am-pm-.html. See also https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/p.m.

unabridged.merriam-webster.com

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary labels the spelling sulphur as chiefly British but contradicts this in the same entry's usage note by saying that both spellings are common in general usage in American English. The usage note also ignores the modern widespread British usage of the spelling sulfur in scientific and technical usage (reported e.g. by the Oxford Dictionaries): "The spelling sulfur predominates in United States technical usage, while both sulfur and sulphur are common in general usage. British usage tends to favor sulphur for all applications. The same pattern is seen in most of the words derived from sulfur." Usage note, Merriam-Webster Online. . Retrieved 1 January 2008. The usage note in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary is more up to date: "The spelling sulfur now predominates in U.S. technical and general usage. British usage still tends to favor sulphur, but use of that spelling has decreased dramatically in recent decades and continues to do so. The growing preference for sulfur on both sides of the Atlantic is no doubt encouraged by the recommendations of the Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and other organizations. The same pattern is seen in most of the words derived from sulfur." Usage note from the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

mw1.merriam-webster.com

"Merriam-Webster Online – Yogurt entry". Mw1.merriam-webster.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

mhra.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Modern Humanities Research Association (2013). MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors and Editors (PDF) (3rd ed.). Modern Humanities Research Association. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-78188-009-8.

microsoft.com (Global: 263^rd place; English: 259^th place)

msdn.microsoft.com

"MSDN C#.NET OpenFileDialog Class". Msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

mshaffer.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

1913.mshaffer.com

"Browse 1913 => Word Thru :: Search the 1913 Noah Webster's Dictionary of the English Language (Free)". 1913.mshaffer.com. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.

nationalstrategies.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

downloads.nationalstrategies.co.uk

"Core learning in mathematics: Year 4" (PDF). Review of the 1999 Framework. DCSF. 2006. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2009. Use, read and write standard metric units (km, m, cm, mm, kg, g, l, ml), including their abbreviations

nature.com (Global: 207^th place; English: 347^th place)

So long sulphur | Nature Chemistry

nist.gov (Global: 708^th place; English: 742^nd place)

physics.nist.gov

The Metric Conversion Act of 1985 gives the Secretary of Commerce of the US the responsibility of interpreting or modifying the SI for use in the US. The Secretary of Commerce delegated this authority to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (Turner, 2008 Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine). In 2008, the NIST published the US version (Taylor and Thompson, 2008a Archived 3 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine) of the English text of the eighth edition of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures publication Le Système International d'Unités (SI) (BIPM, 2006). In the NIST publication, the spellings "meter", "liter", and "deka" are used rather than "metre", "litre", and "deca" as in the original BIPM English text (Taylor and Thompson, 2008a, p. iii). The Director of the NIST officially acknowledged this publication, together with Taylor and Thompson (2008b), as the "legal interpretation" of the SI for the United States (Turner, 2008 ).
"Units outside the SI". Essentials of the SI. NIST. Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009. although both l and L are internationally accepted symbols for the liter, to avoid this risk the preferred symbol for use in the United States is L

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