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American and British English spelling differences

The following pages will show you differences in the spelling of British English and American English words. The words
are in alphabetical order. Words
A-F are on this page. For the other words please click on the requested letters.

A-FG-PR-Z

Differences between US / American English (AE) & British English  (BE)

American English (AE) British English (BE)
German

airplane
antenna
apartment
attorney, lawyer

baby carriage
band-aid
bangs
bathroom, toilet
bill
buck
buddy
bulletin board
busy (telephone)

candy
candy store / candy shop
carnival
central,switchboard
checking account
chips (potato chips)
collect call
condo(minium)
cookie
corn
cot
counterclockwise
crib
custom-made clothes

diaper
divided highway
dormitory, dorm
downtown
driver’s license
duplex

efficiency (apartment)
eggplant
elective
elementary school /
grammar school / grade school
elevator
emergency room
exclamation point

fall, autumn
faucet, water faucet, tap
fender
fire department
first floor
flashlight
freeway  / highway (Autobahn – wenn man von Deutschland spricht)
french fries

aeroplane
aerial
flat
solicitor, barrister

pram
plaster, elastoplasts
fringe
toilet
note
quid
mate
notice board
engaged

sweet
sweet shop
funfair
switchboard
current account
crisps
reverse-charge call
owner-occupied flat
biscuit
maize
folding bed
anticlockwise
cot
made-to-measure clothes

nappy
dual carriageway
hall of residence
city / town center
driving licence
semi-detached house

bedsit
aubergine
option

primary school
lift
casualty
exclamation mark / mark of exclamation
autumn
tap
wing
fire brigade
ground floor
torch
motorway


chips

Flugzeug
Antenne
Wohnung
Anwalt

Kinderwagen
Pflaster
Pony (Haare)
Toilette
Geldnote
Dollar/Pfund
Kumpel
schwarzes Brett
besetzt

Bonbon
Süßwarenshop
Jahrmarkt
Zentrale (Telefon)
Girokonto
Chips
R-Gespräch
Eigentumswohnung
Keks
Mais
Klappbett
Gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
Kinderbett
Maßkleidung

Windel
Vierspurige Schnellstraße
Studentenwohnheim
Stadtzentrum
Führerschein
Doppelhaushälfte

Einzimmerapartment
Aubergine
Wahlfach

Grundschule
Lift, Aufzug
Notaufnahme
Ausrufezeichen

Herbst
Wasserhahn
Kotflügel
Feuerwehr
Erdgeschoss
Taschenlampe
Autobahn


Pommes


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