Wikipedia:List of spelling variants
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This is a list of English words that have different American-English spellings. For example, the word colour (English) can also be spelled color (American-English), and labeled (American-English) can also be spelled labelled(English).
If you add a word pair, please add it alphabetically – this will eliminate any dispute over which is the "preferred" spelling. For example, there should be an entry:
- spelled, spelt
as opposed to the entry
- spelt, spelled
since spelled is alphabetically prior to spelt.
See also: American and British English differences, Wikipedia:List of common misspellings
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- aeroplane, airplane
- aesthetic, esthetic
- ageing, aging
- aluminium, aluminum
- ameba, amoeba
- anaemia, anemia
- anaesthesia, anesthesia
- analyse, analyze
- analog, analogue
- annex, annexe
- archaeology, archeology
- armor, armour
- arse, ass – except when referring to donkeys, universally ass
- artefact, artifact
- ax, axe
[edit] B
- behavior, behaviour
[edit] C
- caesium, cesium
- camomile, chamomile
- carburetor, carburettor
- catalog, catalogue
- center, centre
- check, cheque
- checker, chequer
- cipher, cypher
- click, clique – referring to an exclusive group
- colonise, colonize
- colonisation, colonization
- color, colour
- complection, complexion
- connection, connexion
- cosy, cozy
- counsellor, counselor
- curb, kerb – when speaking of the edge of a road
[edit] D
- daemon, demon
- defence, defense
- demagog, demagogue
- dialed, dialled
- dialog, dialogue
- diarrhea, diarrhoea
- disc, disk
- draft, draught
- dreamed, dreamt
[edit] E
- encyclopaedia, encyclopedia
- enrollment,enrolment
- equaling, equalling
- esophagus, oesophagus
- estrogen, oestrogen
[edit] F
- favorite, favourite
- faeces, feces
- fiber, fibre
- fetid, foetid
- fetus, foetus
- flautist, flutist
- flavor, flavour
- fulfillment, fulfilment
- furor, furore
[edit] G
- gaol, jail
- glycerin, glycerine
- gray, grey
- gynaecology, gynecology
[edit] H
- haemophilia, hemophilia
- harbor, harbour
- harmonise, harmonize
- harmonisation, harmonization
- homolog, homologue
- honor, honour
- humor, humour
[edit] I
- installment, instalment
[edit] J
- jail, gaol
- jewellery, jewelry
- judgement, judgment
[edit] K
[edit] L
- labor, labour
- leaped, leapt
- learned, learnt – past tense of to learn; an educated person is always learned
- leukaemia, leukemia
- licence, license
- licorice, liquorice
[edit] M
- maneuver, manoeuvre
- mediaeval, medieval
- meter, metre – for the unit of length; in British English, a meter is a measuring device
- modeling, modelling
- mold, mould
- mollusc, mollusk
- molt, moult
- mom, mum
- monolog, monologue
- moustache, mustache
[edit] N
- neighbor, neighbour
[edit] O
- oesophagus, esophagus
- oestrogen, estrogen
- offence, offense
- orthopaedic, orthopedic
[edit] P
- paediatric, pediatric
- paedophile, pedophile
- pajamas, pyjamas
- paralyse, paralyze
- pedagog, pedagogue
- plough, plow
- practice, practise – as a verb
- pretence, pretense
- prise, prize – the verb, meaning to lever
- program, programme – when not speaking of a computer program
- propeller, propellor
[edit] Q
- quarreled, quarrelled
- quarreling, quarrelling
[edit] R
- realise, realize
- realisation, realization
- routeing, routing
[edit] S
- savory, savoury
- sceptic, skeptic
- signaling, signalling
- skilful, skillful
- speciality, specialty
- spelled, spelt
- storey, story – a level of a building
- sulfur, sulphur
[edit] T
- theater, theatre
- tire, tyre – the component of a wheel
- tranquility, tranquillity
- traveled, travelled
- traveling, travelling
[edit] U
[edit] V
- vice, vise – when referring to the tool
[edit] W
- woolen, woollen
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- yoghurt, yogurt
