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
saltpeter saltpetre
savior saviour
savor savour
saxophone saxaphone
scepter sceptre
selvage selvedges
sensitizing sensitising
sergeant serjeant
shop shoppe
shoveled shovelled
skeptic sceptic
skillful skilful
smolder smoulder
sniveled snivelled
snowplow snowplough
somber sombre
southeast south-east
southwest south-west
specialize specialise
specialty speciality
spelled spelt
spilled spilt
splendor splendour
stabilizer stabiliser
standardize standardise
sterilization sterilisation
storied storyed
story storey
stylized stylised
subsidizing subsidising
succor succour
sulfate sulphate
sulfide sulphide
sulfite sulphite
sulfur sulphur
sulfureted sulphuretted
sulfurous sulphurous
summarized summarised
supersede supercede
symbolize symbolise
synchronization synchronisation
synthesizing systhesising
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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