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
M.S. M.Sc.
macadamized macadamised
magnetization magnetisation
magnetizing magnetising
magneto therapy magnetotherapy
malleableizing malleabilising
maneuver manoeuvre
maneuvering manoeuvring
market place market-place
marvelous marvellous
matchetes machets
mausoleum mauseoleum
meager meagre
medieval mediaeval
mementos mementoes
menorrhea menorrhoea
mercerizing mercerising
metacenters metacentres
metalizing metallising
meter metre
millenium millennium
mineralization mineralisation
minimizing minimising
misdemeanor misdemeanour
misjudgment misjudgement
miter mitre
modeled modelled
modeler modeller
modernize modernise
mold mould
molded moulded
molding moulding
molds moulds
moldy mouldy
mollusks molluscs
molt moult
mom mum
monolog monologue
monopolize monopolise
multicolor multicolour
mustache moustache
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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