British Vs American English:

 British Vs American English:

When it comes to the differences in British English and American English spellings indeed brits get caught out sometimes. The main difference is that British English keeps the spelling of words it has absorbed from other languages, substantially French and German. Whilst American English spellings are grounded substantially on how the word sounds when it's spoken.

English was introduced to what's ultramodern day America in the 17th century by the British settlers. Since also the language has evolved and has been told by the numerous swells of immigration to the USA.  The spelling of British English words were cemented by Samuel Johnson in what's considered to be one of the most notorious wordbooks in the world. It took Johnson, and six aides, just over eight times to curate the,000 words that appeared in ‘ A Dictionary of the English Language ’, which was publihsed in 1755. Also in America ‘ A elliptical Dictionary of the English Language ’ was first published in 1806 and popularised the American English spellings that were being used rather of the British English spellings of words, similar as color rather of colour. The author was Noah Webster who followed up the original wordbook by 1828 with his ‘ An American Dictionary of the English Language ’ which had over,000 words. British English words ending in ‘ our ’ generally end in ‘ or ’ in American English 

 colour color 

 flavour flavor 

 humour humor 

 labour labor 

 neighbour neighbor Verbs in British English that can be spelled with either ‘ ize ’ or ‘ ise ’ at the end are always spelled with ‘ ize ’ at the end in American English 

 BRITISH US 

 apologize or apologise Apologize 

 organize or organise Organize 

 fete or honor Fete 

 Verbs in British English that end in ‘ yse ’ are always spelled ‘ yze ’ in American English 

  BRITISH US 

 assay dissect 

 breathalyse breathalyze 

 paralyse paralyze 

  In British spelling ‘ L’ is doubled in verbs ending in a vowel plus ‘ L’. In American English, the ‘ L’ isn't doubled 

  BRITISH US 

 trip trip 

 travelled traveled 

 travelling traveling 

 rubberneck rubberneck 

 British English words that are spelled with the double vowels ae or oe tend to be just spelled with an e in American English Although there are exceptions to the rule. For illustration archaeology is spelt in the same way as British English but archeology would be respectable in America but is incorrect in the UK. 

 BRITISH US 

 leukaemia leukemia 

 manoeuvre initiative 

 oestrogen estrogen 

 paediatric pediatric 

 Some nouns that end with ‘ ence ’ in British English are spelled ‘ ense in American English ’ 

 BRITISH US 

 defence defense 

 licence license 

 offence offense 

 pretence pretense 

 Some nouns that end with ‘ ogue ’ in British English end with either ‘ og ’ or ‘ ogue in American English 

 BRITISH US 

 analogue analog or analogue 

 roster roster or roster 

 dialogue dialog or dialogue 

 There are also differences in the words that we use to findout the differences in words and their meanings read our composition on the ‘ Is British English and American English the same language ’.