This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: ... Derived words often, ...

As mentioned in the previous blog post, it often happens that the spelling of an English word doesn’t match up well with its pronunciation. There’s another category of word that can also cause confusion; these are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different ...

February 11, 2013 - This blog lists 335 English homophones with different spellings (or heterographs). Homophones ...

January 6, 2025 - Some words are pronounced differently based on whether they are used as nouns or verbs. ... Record: noun - ‘RE-cord’; verb - ‘re-CORD’. Present: noun - ‘PRE-sent’; verb- ‘pre-SENT’. Address: noun - AD-dress’; verb - ‘ad-DRESS’. Permit: noun - ‘PER-mit’; verb - ‘per-MIT’. The following words are spelled exactly alike yet pronounced differently.

March 9, 2016 - My spouse, though—who teaches college-level English Composition and who also edits—corrects all instances of “grey.” I mean absolutely no offense/offence to our good friends in the UK and UK-influenced locales, for whom the e-spelling is correct. ... Another UK/US difference – we’d say axe & calibre; though I’m interested to note that glamour appears to be favoured over glamor; I’d have expected the other. Melissa: Inclusion of a word in a dictionary represents acknowledgment of existence, not endorsement of use.

October 31, 2025 - For example, the word ‘cheque’ in British English is spelt ‘check’ in American English. A cheque is a document used by a bank to pay a specific amount of money from one person's account to another’s. It is important for writers, exchange students, and business people to be aware of these spelling differences as they may deal with people who use UK and US English throughout their career.

January 23, 2017 - Both the letters ‘r’ and ’t’ are silent in this word. As a suffix, ’age’ is pronounced as /ɪdʒ/. Mortgage A fixed-rate mortgage. https://pronunciationstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Strange-Spelling-1.mp3

The Alternate Spelling Finder uses highly probable character substitutions to find similar spellings of a given word or name. ... Writing a post apocalyptic fiction novel where written language has been abandoned and spelling is once again in flux? Or perhaps your alternate earth has a similar, yet different word for an object.

September 24, 2025 - We’ve gathered 100+ spelling bee words and included their syllables, graphemes, phonemes, part of speech and etymology, so you make any student feel like a spelling champion!

March 1, 2023 - Words like "bat," "desert," "wind," and "clip" all have multiple meanings but are confusingly spelled the same way.

July 6, 2023 - These spellings are both accepted in American English, but “collectible” is by far the most common. These are variations of the same word, but “dialog” is more common in relation to computing (e.g., dialog box) and “dialogue” is used when referring to two people talking.

September 10, 2025 - In British spelling ‘L’ is doubled in verbs ending in a vowel plus ‘L’. In American English, the ‘L’ is not doubled: British English words that are spelled with the double vowels ae or oe tend to be just spelled with an e in American English: Although there are exceptions to the rule.

Three Bee (1,200 words). These are great words to challenge you, whether you’re just getting started in spelling bees or

August 10, 2019 - Even your dictionary lists two alternate spellings of a word. ... 1. acknowledgment / acknowledgement 2. adapter / adaptor 3. adviser / advisor (but advisory) 4. ambience / ambiance 5. caliber / calibre 6. counselor / counsellor 7. doughnut / donut 8. enclose / inclose 9. enroll / enrol 10. furor / furore · A list of words with alternate spellings!

November 1, 2024 - American differences: ... One of the most notable spelling distinctions between British and American English is in the use of “-our” and “-or” endings. ... Both spellings sound the same, as a subtly blended vowel that is voiced as /ɔr/ or /ɔːr/. In British English, words like "colour" retain the letter "u," while American English simplifies it to "color."

October 7, 2025 - Like –ae- above, British English preserves the –oe- digraph in words derived from the Classical languages, while US English has simplified it to –e-. ... This is one of the more famous spelling differences between British and American English, and comes from French influence.

July 7, 2025 - Mind your p's and q's ... and double c's and silent letters. English has many (many!) hard words to spell—let's review some common ones with tips for how to spell them correctly.

Every time we had to spell one of those focus words, she would cheerfully tell me, “Zahra, this is from the Fay book, so that’s how I know to spell this with an ai and not a-e.” We made similar stories for every vowel team that I introduced her to, and we have had no trouble remembering spellings for words with similar sounds such as er/ir/ur, oa/oe/ow/o-e, ai/ay/a-e/ea/ei, etc. ... No. of Focus Words ... Train Trip To The Bay is the story of Fay, a young girl who takes the train to visit her friend, Den the Donkey, for a picnic at the bay. She has a few escapades on her way, but she reaches there safe and has a great day with her friend. ... The above words all have the long sound of ‘e’ /ē/ but are written with different spelling patterns.

A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and/or spelling. “Flower” and “flour” are homophones because they are pronounced the same but you certainly can’t bake a cake using daffodils.