# British English and American English Spellings # Sourced from: AVKO.org # https://to.noop.pw/2sNor7C # British -re vs. American -er accoutre, accoutrement => accouter, accouterment accoutrement => accouterment amphitheatre => amphitheater calibre => caliber centilitre => centiliter centimetre => centimeter centre, centres, centred => center, centers, centered centring, centreboard, centrefold, centrepiece => centering, centerboard, centerfold, centerpiece decilitre => deciliter decimetre => decimeter decametre => decameter epicentre => epicenter fibre, fibreboard, fibreglass => fiber, fiberboard, fiberglass goitre => goiter kilometre => kilometer laundrette => launderette lacklustre => lackluster litre => liter lustre, lustreless => luster, lusterless manoeuvre, manoeuvrable, manoeuvrability => maneuver, maneuverable, maneuverability meagre, meagrely, meagreness => meager, meagerly, meagerness metre => meter millilitre => milliliter millimetre => millimeter mitre => miter nitre => niter outmanoeuvre => outmaneuver philtre => philter reconnoitre, reconnoitres, reconnoitred, reconnoitring => reconnoiter, reconnoitered, reconnoiters, reconnoitering sabre => saber saltpetre => saltpeter sceptre => scepter sombre, sombrely, sombreness => somber, somberly, somberness spectre, spectres => specter, specters theatre => theater # British -our vs. American -or arbour => arbor ardour => ardor armour => armor behaviour, behavioural, behaviourism, behaviourist => behavior, behavioral, behaviorism, behaviorist belabour => belabor candour => candor clamour => clamor clangour => clangor colour, coloured, colourfast, colourful, colourize, colourless => color, colored, colorfast, colorful, colorize, colorless demeanour => demeanor decolourise => decolorize discolour, discoloured => discolor, discolored disfavour => disfavor dishonour, dishonourable => dishonor, dishonorable endeavour => endeavor favour, favourable => favor, favorable favourite => favorite, favoritism fervour => fervor flavour, flavouring, flavourless => flavor, flavoring, flavorless labour, labourers, labourite => labor , laborers, laborite malodour, malodourous => malodor, malodorous misbehaviour => misbehavior misdemeanour => misdemeanor multicolour => multicolor neighbour, neighbourhood, neighbourly, neighbourliness => neighbor, neighborhood, neighborly, neighborliness odour => odor parlour => parlor rancour => rancor rigour, rigours, rigourous => rigor, rigors, rigorous rumour, rumourmonger => rumor, rumormonger saviour, saviours => savior, saviors savour, savoury => savor, savory splendour => splendor succour => succor tricolour => tricolor tumour => tumor uncoloured => uncolored unfavourable, unfavourably => unfavorable, unfavorably unflavoured => unflavored unsavoury, unsavourily => unsavory, unsavorily valour => valor vapour, vapourware => vapor, vaporware varicoloured => varicolored vigour, vigourous => vigor, vigorous watercolour => watercolor # British ould, oult = American old, olt mould, mouldings, mouldable, moulder, mouldy => mold, moldings, moldable, molder, moldy moult => molt remould => remold smoulder => smolder # Miscellaneous British ou for American u rouble, roubles => ruble, rubles Doukhobor => Dukhobor # British ae/oe/oeu/ vs. American e or eu encyclopaedia, encyclopaedic => encyclopedia, encyclopedic leukaemia => leukemia manoeuvre, manoeuvrable, manoeuvrability => maneuver, maneuverable, maneuverability mementoes => mementos oedema, oedematous => edema, edematous oesophagus, oesophagi, oesophageal => esophagus, esophagi, esophageal oestrogen, oestrous, oestrus => estrogen, estrous, estrous orthopaedic, orthopaedist => orthopedic, orthopedist outmanoeuvre => outmaneuver paediatric, paediatrician => pediatric, pediatrician paedophile, paedophilia, paedophiliac => pedophile, pedophilia, pedophiliac palaeontology, palaeontologist => paleontology, paleontologist seborrhoea => seborrhea septicaemia => septicemia toxaemia, toxaemic => toxemia, toxemic tularaemia => tularemia uraemia => uremia # British final e vs. American dropping the e adze => adz ageing => aging annexe => annex axe => ax blameable => blamable judgement, judgemental => judgment, judgmental kindergartener => kindergartner liveable, liveability => livable, livability lodgement => lodgment misjudgement => misjudgment neurone, neurones => neuron, neurons nurseling => nursling phoney, phoneys => phony, phonies prejudgement => prejudgment rateable, rateability, rateably => ratable, ratability, ratably saleable, saleability => salable, salability shakeable => shakable thiamine => thiamin tuneable => tunable unliveable => unlivable unmoveable => unmovable unnameable => unnamable untameable => untamable # British final unaccented -el's & -al's vs. American final unaccented -el's & -al's. appal => appall apparel, apparelled => appareled barrels, barrelled, barrelling => barrels, barreled, barreling bedevils, bedevilled, bedevilling => bedevils, bedeviled, bedeviling bejewelled => bejeweled bevels, bevelled, bevelling => bevels, beveled, beveling cancels, cancelled, cancelling => cancels, canceled, canceling carols, carolling, caroller => carols, caroling, caroler cavils, cavilled => cavils, caviled channelled, channelling => channeled, channeling chisels, chiselled => chisels, chiseled counsels, counselled, counselling, counsellor => counsels, counseled, counseling, counselor councillor => councilor crueller, cruellest => crueler, cruelest cudgels, cudgelled, cudgelling => cudgels, cudgeled, cudgeling dials, dialled, dialler, dialling => dials, dialed, dialer, dialing disembowels, disembowelled => disembowels, disemboweled dishevelled => disheveled duels, duelled, duelling, dueller, duellist => duels, dueled, dueling, dueler, duelist enamel, enamels, enamelled => enamel, enamels, enameled enrol, enrols, enrolled, enrolling => enroll, enrolls, enrolled, enrolling enthral, enthrals, enthralled => enthrall, enthralls, enthralled evil, eviller, evillest => evil, eviler, evilest equals, equalled, equalling => equals, equaled, equaling fulfilment => fulfillment funnels, funnelled, funnelling => funnels, funneled, funneling gambols, gambolled, gambolling => gambols, gamboled, gamboling gavels, gavelled, gavelling => gavels, gaveled, gaveling gravel, gravelled => gravel, graveled grovels, grovelled, grovelling => grovels, groveled, groveling gruelling => grueling initials, initialled, initialling => initials, initialed, initialing jewellery => jewelry kennels, kennelled => kennels, kenneled labels, labelled, labelling => labels, labeled, labeling levels, levelled, levelling => levels, leveled, leveling libels, libelled, libelling, libeller, libellous => libel, libeled, libeling, libeler, libelous marshals, marshalled, marshalling => marshals, marshaled, marshaling marvels, marvelled, marvelling, marvellous => marvels, marveled, marveling, marvelous mislabels, mislabelled, mislabelling => mislabels, mislabeled, mislabeling models, modelled, modelling, modeller => models, modeled, modeling, modeler panelled, panelling, panellist => paneled, paneling, panelist parcels, parcelled, parcelling => parcels, parceled, parceling pedals, pedalled, pedalling => pedals, pedaled, pedaling pummelled, pummelling => pummeled, pummeling quarrels, quarrelled, quarreller => quarrels, quarreled, quarreler ravelled, ravelling => raveled, raveling redialled, redialling => redialed, redialing refuelled, refuelling => refueled, refueling relabelled, relabelling => relabeled, relabeling remodelled, remodelling => remodeled, remodeling rivalled, rivalling => rivaled, rivaling shovelled, shovelling => shoveled, shoveling shrivelled, shrivelling => shriveled, shriveling signalled, signalling, signaller => signaled, signaled, signaler snivelling => sniveling snorkelled, snorkelling => snorkeled, snorkeling spiralled, spiralling => spiraled, spiraling stencilled, stencilling => stenciled, stenciling subtotalled, subtotalling => subtotaled, subtotaling swivelled, swivelling => swiveled, swiveling tasselled => tasseled teetotaller, teetotallers => teetotaler, teetotalers tinselled => tinseled totals, totalled, totalling => totals, totaled, totaling towels, towelled, towelling => towels, toweled, toweling trammelling => trammeling travels, travelled, travelling, traveller => travels, traveled, traveler, travelers tunnelled, tunnelling => tunneled, tunneling unravelled, unravelling => unraveled, unraveling untrammelled => untrammeled weaselling => weaseling woollen, woollens => woolen, woolens yodelled, yodelling => yodeled, yodeling # Miscellaneous English doubled and American undoubled unstressed sequinned => sequined transferral, transferrable => transferal, transferable # Very Different British vs. American Spellings aluminium => aluminum anticlockwise => counterclockwise artefact => artifact aubergine => eggplant beetroot => beet behove => behoove bisulphate => bisulfate bleeper => beeper bobsleigh => bobsled bureaux => bureaus callipers => calipers callisthenics => calisthenics camomile => chamomile caravanserai, caravanserais => caravansary, caravansaries carburettor => carburetor cheque, chequebook, chequer, chequered, chequers => check, checkbook, checker, checkered, checkers chilli, chillies => chili, chilies clarinettist => clarinetist cortices => cortexes defence, defenceless, defensive => defense, defenseless, defensive deflexion => deflection despatch => dispatch dextrous => dexterous disulphide => disulfide dustman, dustmen => garbage man, garbage men enquire, enquiry => inquire, inquiry fiascos => fiascoes flexitime => flextime gelatine => gelatin gemmology => gemology glycerine => glycerin gerfalcon => gyrfalcon grey, greys, greyed, greying, greybeard, greyish, greyness, greyer, greyest => gray, grays, grayed, graying, graybeard, grayish, grayness, grayer, grayest jewellery => jewelry kerb, kerbside, kerbstone => curb, curbside, curbstone lasagne => lasagna lour, lours, loured, louring => lower, lowers, lowered, lowering lissom => lissome maestri => maestro licence, license => license mina => myna mollusc => mollusk nonplus, nonplusses, nonplussed, nonplussing => nonplus, nonpluses, nonplused, nonplusing noviciate => novitiate omelette => omelet pilaff => pilaf plonk => plunk plough => plow polythene => polyethylene postcode => zip code practise, practice => practice programme, programmes => program, programs pyjama, pyjamas => pajama, pajamas racoon => raccoon savannah, savannahs => savanna, savannas sceptic, sceptical, sceptically, scepticism => skeptic, skeptical, skeptically, skepticism sheikh, sheikhdom => sheik, sheikdom skilful, skilfully, skilfulness => skillful, skillfully, skillfulness speciality, specialities => specialty, specialties sulpha, sulphanilamide, sulphate, sulphide, sulphite, sulphonamide, sulphur, sulphuric => sulfa, sulfanilamide, sulfate, sulfide, sulfite, sulfonamide, sulfur, sulfuric sunburnt => sunburned swot => swat thraldom => thralldom titbit => tidbit tranship, transhipment => transship, transshipment transistorise => transistorize transvestism => transvestitism tyre, tyres => tire, tires unploughed => unplowed unskilful, unskilfully => unskillful, unskillfully unspoilt => unspoiled whirr => whir widthways => widthwise wilful, wilfully, wilfulness => willful, willfully, willfulness yoghurt => yogurt