Spelling Variations between American Spelling and British Spelling
Spelling Variations between American Spelling and British Spelling :
The Internet is a worldwide medium, and to our pleasure, surfers from around the globe access our pages daily. Often, they find the same word is spelled differently throughout this site. The same word can even be spelled differently on the same page! Some users become upset about our spelling. They ask us why we spell the words on our pages the way we do.
Our answer is this. When preparing entries for our pages, we use the spelling of words that each individual contributor uses. That's because people spell the same word differently in different parts of the world. We do hope you find this a reasonable explanation. We do not intend to offend anyone's sensibilities over this point.
When this page was originally published, it contained about 200 words. Most of the words were about work and organizations. Over time, our spelling word list has been expanded to include words from many sources. People refer to our word list to help themselves with spelling difficulties of all kinds, not just labour related word problems.
Below, we present a list of spelling variations that appear in the English language. There are over 450 entries in this listing. Looking at the pairs of words will you give an idea of the same word spellings in use. Other sites present web pages that contain a list of rules, variants, exceptions and the like to help writers to remember how to spell a particular word. Other pages provide guidelines about how to spell in an American style and how to spell in a British style. This list is simply a column of word pairs and we've found it easier just to look up the spelling variations.
AMERICAN BRITISH
abridgment abridgement
accouterment accoutrement
acknowledgment acknowledgement
advertize advertise
afterward afterwards
agonize agonise
airplane aeroplane
almshouse almhouse
aluminum aluminium
ambiance ambience
ameba amoeba
amphitheater amphitheatre
analog analogue
analyze analyse
analyzed analysed
analyzer analyser
analyzing analysing
anemia anaemia
anemic anaemic
anesthesia anaesthesia
anesthetic anaesthetic
anesthetizing anaesthetising
annex annexe
anodizing anodising
antiaircraft anti-aircraft
apologize apologise
apothegm apophthegm
arbor arbour
archeology archaeology
archiepiscopal archipiscopal
ardor ardour
armor armour
armored armoured
armorer armourer
armoring armouring
armory armoury
artifact artefact
atchoo atishoo
atomizer atomiser
atomizing atomising
ax axe
Of course, we might have completely ommitted few other words. We do appreciate notification of those words. Thank you for your interest.
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