Different Spelling of words UK - USA

Different Spelling of words UK - USA?

Hi, what others words are spelt differently in the USA from the english words? like colour is color, thanks xx

Other Answers:

Many words with -our ending in UK become -or in US
-re becomes -er
doubled consonants -ll -pp etc are often just single -l -p in the US
-ae -oe in words derived from Latin/Greek become -e
verbs ending in -ise in UK appear as -ize in US

examples below

humour humor
theatre theater
cancelled canceled
oesophagus esophagus
realise realize

In the UK we'll write things like centre but in American it would be Center. Erm here Metre there meter.

Erm... In the UK we use s's in stead of z's for example we'll spell it hypnotise whereas in American they'd write it hypnotize.

Let me think of more.

Many words in the USA replace "s" with "z" like colonisation becomes colonization.

center(usa) and centre(uk), meter(usa) and metre(uk)