The British English spellings are often related to their French and Greek spelling, while American spellings often reflect the Latin.
anaemic / anemic
anaesthetic / anesthetic
caesium / cesium
faeces / feces
foetus/foetal fetus/fetal
haemo- / hemo-
oedema edema
mould mold
aluminium aluminum
catalogue / catalog
dialogue / dialog
catalyse / catalyze
dialyse / dialyze
electrolyse / electrolyze
hydrolyse /hydrolyze
paralyse /paralyze
defence defense
colour / color
favour / favor
harbour / harbor
labour (laborious) / labor (laborious)
neighbour / neighbor
odour / odor
tumour . tumor
fibre / fiber
litre / liter
metre (100 cm) / meter
meter (measuring device) / meter
fulfil / fulfill
labelling, labelled / labeling, labeled
modelled, modelling / modeled, modeling
skilful skillful
tunnelling tunneling
co-factor / cofactor
through / thru
programme (TV, project etc.) / program
but computer program / program
1. ae/e, oe/o, ou/o, iu/u
aetiology / etiologyanaemic / anemic
anaesthetic / anesthetic
caesium / cesium
faeces / feces
foetus/foetal fetus/fetal
haemo- / hemo-
oedema edema
mould mold
aluminium aluminum
2. gue/g
analogue / analogcatalogue / catalog
dialogue / dialog
3. se/ze, ce/se
analyse / analyzecatalyse / catalyze
dialyse / dialyze
electrolyse / electrolyze
hydrolyse /hydrolyze
paralyse /paralyze
defence defense
4.our/or
behaviour / behaviorcolour / color
favour / favor
harbour / harbor
labour (laborious) / labor (laborious)
neighbour / neighbor
odour / odor
tumour . tumor
5. re/er
centre, centred / center, centeredfibre / fiber
litre / liter
metre (100 cm) / meter
meter (measuring device) / meter
6. l/ll
channelled, channelling / channeled, channelingfulfil / fulfill
labelling, labelled / labeling, labeled
modelled, modelling / modeled, modeling
skilful skillful
tunnelling tunneling
7. co-/co
co-worker / coworkerco-factor / cofactor
8. ph/f
sulphur, sulphate, sulphite, sulphide, etc. sulfur, sulfate, sulfite, sulfide, etc.9. others
grey / graythrough / thru
programme (TV, project etc.) / program
but computer program / program
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