“Almanac” or “Almanack”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 11 prefer “almanac” and 0 prefer “almanack”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	almanac	almanack	Preference
United States	99	1	“almanac”
United Kingdom	85	15	“almanac”
India	87	13	“almanac”
Philippines	99	1	“almanac”
Canada	98	2	“almanac”
Australia	93	7	“almanac”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	96	4	“almanac”
New Zealand	84	16	“almanac”
Jamaica	100	0	“almanac”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“almanac”
Guyana	100	0	“almanac”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“almanac”

…Aaron (editors) The Live Art Almanac, Volume 4.
…the folk collaborative group, the Almanac Singers.
…the station, and Poor Will’s Almanac, a podcast by Yellow Springs…
…Ephemeris and (separately) The Nautical Almanac.
…South, In North Carolina and Almanac for 1902 (1901);
…Keillor’s NPR program, The Writer's Almanac, and in Ted Kooser’s American…
…editor of the Lutheran World Almanac.
The British almanac of the Society for the…
2004 Church Almanac, Deseret Morning News, page 72
…in the 2010 Football Outsiders Almanac.

“almanack”

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1975
Breverton, Terry - The Welsh Almanack (Wales Books, 2003)
…15th-century proverb from Poor Robin's Almanack states that if on Easter…
…85th edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the inaugural edition of…
Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1946
…publication of Joseph Whitaker's An Almanack for the year.
…his obituary in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002, "like a fiery…
The Ladies Almanack is also an independent feature…
(2000) Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia 2000–01
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1985

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