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List of American and British spelling differences

"About 1,800 roots and derivitives, some of these are alternative (not preferred) spellings among one group or another (Canadiansbeing particularly mercurial). Check out the main page for a review of the types of spelling differences." (1)

In this page i am trying my best to simplify and make the list of US/UK spelling differences more accessible and user friendly.  The original list is taken from this web page
(1) http://www.tysto.com/uk-us-spelling-list.html

 

"You can make a couple of different verb forms out of almost any noun, a couple of different nouns out of nearly any verb, etc.

 

capital 

capitalize

capitalizes

capitalization

capitalizing

capitalizations 

capitalizings

capitalizationing 

capitalizationings

 

you can negate or reverse them: 

 

decapitalizationing

recapitalizationing

pseudocapitalizationing,

 

etc. " (1)

 

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B
C
B
A
C
D
E
F
G
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I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y

This page is a simplified version of the original list taken from :

(1) http://www.tysto.com/uk-us-spelling-list.html

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