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“Airplane” or “Aeroplane”

Airplane is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while aeroplane is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 11 prefer “airplane” and 1 prefer “aeroplane”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country airplane aeroplane Preference
United States 99 1 “airplane”
United Kingdom 69 31 “airplane”
India 33 67 “aeroplane”
Philippines 99 1 “airplane”
Canada 97 3 “airplane”
Australia 70 30 “airplane”
Liberia 100 0 “airplane”
Ireland 80 20 “airplane”
New Zealand 76 24 “airplane”
Jamaica 75 25 “airplane”
Trinidad & Tobago 85 15 “airplane”
Guyana 73 27 “airplane”
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“airplane”

  • …to have the most powerful airplane engine yet, boasting 110 hp.
  • …County Park near where the airplane crashed at sea.
  • …produced by 15 typical commercial airplane jet engines.
  • …E.114 was a single-engine sport airplane, designed and manufactured by the…
  • …a part of Sky Eats Airplane, soon became a permanent addition…
  • …ERAST Program, demonstrated that an airplane could stay aloft for an…
  • …for heating developed leaks and airplane traffic to nearby San Francisco…
  • …and opium were smuggled by airplane into the U.S., and was…
  • …meets Jamie-Lynn Sigler on an airplane and the two hit it…
  • …the Great Society, joined the Airplane in the fall of 1966.

“aeroplane”

  • Élodie Bouchez - Girl in Aeroplane
  • …mass of German infantry, the aeroplane was not fired on and…
  • …to yell at a passing aeroplane "I hope you crash, you…
  • …in a Wright Model A aeroplane named "The Stella".
  • …Ouragan was a much better aeroplane than had been thought".
  • The last flight of an aeroplane from Montaudran was on 18…
  • Aeroplane Monthly, April 1995, Vol 23…
  • …January 2002, featuring "Blanket" and "Aeroplane" (a Frou Frou remix/remake of…
  • …a pioneering Scottish aviator and aeroplane engineer.
  • …museum as "the first man-carrying aeroplane in the history of the…

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