Most Commonly Misspelled Words
and their Common Misspellings
As we already know 'gray' is correct in the US and countries influenced by US English, and 'grey' is correct in the UK. All true, however 'grey' is also correct in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and a whole host of other countries that are influenced by UK English. Often the substitution of a vowel or removal of a consonant will create spelling variations between the two.
Below we bring you a list of the most commonly misspelled words between US and UK English and their common misspellings.
UK |
US |
Grey |
Gray |
travelled |
traveled |
centre |
center |
theatre |
theater |
colour |
color |
labour |
labor |
defence |
defense |
jewellery |
jewelry |
kerb |
curb |
litre |
liter |
metre |
meter |
tyre |
tire |
aluminium |
aluminum |
neighbour |
neighbor |
aeroplane |
airplane |
carburettor |
carburetor |
fillet |
filet |
moustache |
mustache |
speciality |
specialty |
doughnut |
donut |
orientated |
oriented |
disorientated |
disoriented |
phoney |
phony |
plough |
plow |
sceptic |
skeptic |
sulphur |
sulfur |
vice |
vise |
cosy |
cozy |
chilli |
chili |
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