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The differences in British and American spelling |
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[A-Z Style guide | Content : Elements](https://elements.public.springernature.app/content/A-to-Z-style-guide#british-or-american-english) |
The differences in British and American spelling - Oxford International English Schools
The main difference is that British English keeps the spelling of words it has absorbed from other languages, mainly French and German. Whilst American English spellings are based mostly on how the word sounds when it is spoken.
Follow the link for more details on typical differences in nouns, verbs, adverbs, etc.