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AMERICAN ENGLISH VS. BRITISH ENGLISH
In a simpler world, English would be written the same way everywhere. However, when Noah Webster created an American English dictionary in the early 1800's, he did more than just add new words to British English: he also revised the spelling of many common words to eliminate what he saw as unnecessary letters. His new spellings were adopted in the United States but not the UK, and these spelling differences remain to this day.
The list below is intended to provide an overview of the most common spelling differences between American and British English. The words beginning each list are intended to establish overall patterns, whereas the words in italics toward the end of the lists are examples of deviations from the rule. If you have questions about any other terms that aren't on this list, please contact us at AskAnExpert@. Best wishes!
-ize/-se (-yze/yse)
AMERICAN:
characterize prioritize specialize analyze catalyze size exercise
BRITISH:
characterise prioritise specialise analyse catalyse size exercise
American: The products of the catalyzed reaction were characterized using specialized equipment.
British: The products of the catalysed reaction were characterised using specialised equipment.
-or/-our
AMERICAN: behavior color favor contour
BRITISH:
behaviour colour favour contour
American: Because of its decolorization behavior, this material is favored.
British: Because of its decolourisation behaviour, this material is favoured.
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-er/-re
AMERICAN: center fiber liter parameter
BRITISH:
centre fibre litre parameter
American: Five milliliters of the mixture containing the fibers was pipetted on the center of the slide.
British: Five millilitres of the mixture containing the fibres was pipetted on the centre of the slide.
-e/(-ae or -oe)
AMERICAN:
ameba anesthesia diarrhea esophagus leukemia cesium
BRITISH:
amoeba anaesthesia diarrhoea oesophagus leukaemia caesium
American: The leukemia patient was given anesthesia before the procedure.
British: The leukaemia patient was given anaesthesia before the procedure.
-se/-ce
AMERICAN:
defense practice (noun and verb) license (noun and verb) defensive advice (noun)/ advise (verb)
BRITISH:
defence practice (noun )/ practise (verb) licence (noun)/ license (verb) defensive advice (noun)/ advise (verb)
American: The defense attorney had practiced law for over thirty years.
British: The defence attorney had practised law for over thirty years.
-/e, -og/-ogue
AMERICAN:
aging acknowledgment judgment analog dialog dying (die)/ dyeing (dye)
BRITISH:
ageing acknowledgement judgement analogue dialogue dying (die)/ dyeing (dye)
American: The aging analog-to-digital converter is slowly dying.
British: The ageing analogue-to-digital converter is slowly dying.
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-l/-ll or -ll/-l
AMERICAN:
fulfill enroll skill, skillful labeled signaling propelled revealing
BRITISH:
fulfil enrol skill, skilful labelled signalling propelled revealing
American: The skillful student noted that the drop in enrollment may be signaling a problem with the study design.
British: The skilful student noted that the drop in enrolment may be signalling a problem with the study design.
We hope that this introduction to differences in American and British English will make the process of writing your next manuscript a little easier! Remember that you can choose between "English (U.S.)" and "English (U.K.)" in Microsoft Word when setting the language for your document. This change allows the spell check to help catch these differences in spelling
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ms. Newell received her BA from Colby College in Chemistry and Russian Language and Literature and then proceeded directly into a PhD program at MIT. At MIT, she studied acoustic spectroscopy and physical chemistry, specifically the use of terahertz radiation to study protoncoupled electron transfer.
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