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This is intended to be a quick guide, offering spelling equivalences. This is not intended as a discussion of nuanced difference in meaning; these may be added later with alert tags or footnotes. Where two spellings are given, the headword in the sources comes first, followed by the variant.

[edit] General vocabulary

English Variant Spellings: General
Mostly American English Rule Mostly British/Commonwealth English
-ise surprise, advise etc -ise -Unchanged in both Oxford and Cambridge spelling
-ization industrialization etc -ize -Oxford keeps –ization ending. Cambridge uses –isation ending.
-ize recognize etc -ize -Oxford keeps –ize endings. Cambridge uses –ise endings.
aging, ageing ageing, aging
analyze, analysis -yze analyse, analysis
artifact artefact
ax, axe axe
behavior behaviour
center, centered, centering centre, centred, centring, centered, centering
color, colored, coloring colour, coloured, colouring
defense, defensive defence, defensive
dialog se / ce dialog (computer), dialogue (other usages)
disk disk (computer), disc (other usages)
endeavor, endeavoring endeavour, endeavouring
drag, dragging, dragged, drug† drag, dragging, dragged
favor, favorable, favored, favoring, favorite favour, favourable, favoured, favouring, favourite
fit (simple past) fitted
flavor, flavored, flavoring flavour, flavoured, flavouring
gotten (past participle) got
governor, governorship governor, governorship
gray, grey grey, gray
harbor, habored, harboring harbour, haboured, harbouring
honor, honorable, honored honour, honourable, honoured
humor, humorous humour, humorous
jewelry jewellery
judgment judgement
labor labour
license (n); license (v), licensed, licensing se / ce licence (n); license (v), licensed, licensing
math maths
maneuver, maneuvered, maneuvering (also manoeuver etc) Oe > e manoeuvre, manoeuvred, manoeuvring
misspelled misspelled, misspelt
model, modeled, modeling model, modelled, modelling
neighbor, neighborhood, neighboring, neighborly neighbour, neighbourhood, neighbouring, neighbourly
offense, offensive offence, offensive
panel, paneled, paneling panel, panelled, panelling
practice (v); practice (n) se/ce practise (v); practice (n)
program m / mme program (computer), programme (other usages)
skeptic, skeptical, skepticism sceptic, sceptical, scepticism
snuck sneaked
specialty speciality
splendor splendour
story, stories (building) storey, storeys (building)
theater, theatre, theatrical, theatrically theatre, theatrical, theatrically
tire (n) tyre
travel, traveler, traveling travel, traveller, travelling
valor, valorous, valorously o(u)r valour, valorous, valorously
† = Dialect (deprecated)


[edit] Medical & Scientific

English Variant Spellings: Medical & Scientific
Mostly American English Mostly British/Commonwealth English
aluminum aluminium
celiac coeliac
edema oedema
sulfur sulphur

[edit] Sources

  • American English = Merriam Webster Unabridged (online)
  • British English = Oxford English Diction v2 on CD-rom