British American spelling rules
There are some spelling differences in American English. In the 1800’s, the US Congress actually called for several changes to make words more phonetic. Look at the following examples:
British English
American English
Examples (British – American)
- -re/-er: centre-center; metre-meter; maneuvre-maneuver, theatre-theater
- -our/-or: colour-color, neighbour-neighbor, honour-honor, splendour-splendor, parlour-parlor
- -ouge/-og: catalogue-catalog, monologue-monolog,
- -ise, -ize/-ize: realise, realize-realize, criticise-criticize, maximise-maximize, apologise-apologize, authorise-authorize, dramatise-dramatize, recognise-recognize, summarise-summarize
- -ll/-l: travelled-traveled; modelling-modeling
- -ence/-ense: defence-defense; licence-license, pretence-pretense, offence-offense