“Amphitheaters” or “Amphitheatres”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “amphitheaters” and 3 prefer “amphitheatres”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	amphitheaters	amphitheatres	Preference
United States	79	21	“amphitheaters”
United Kingdom	13	87	“amphitheatres”
India	30	70	“amphitheatres”
Philippines	75	25	“amphitheaters”
Canada	0	0	Not enough data
Australia	0	100	“amphitheatres”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“amphitheaters”

…in May 2009 in outdoor amphitheaters and arenas across the U.S.…
List of contemporary amphitheaters
…of only 16 outdoor music amphitheaters in the United States and…
…of the highest grossing outdoor amphitheaters in the United States.
For example, the amphitheaters of Périgueux, Amiens, Metz and…
…short co-headlining tour of US amphitheaters with Lenny Kravitz.
The Romans constructed roads, amphitheaters, baths and houses with heated…
…for individual and group study), amphitheaters, conference room, art room, cafeteria,…
…former amphitheater's parking lot, along I-71.
…markets at the expense of amphitheaters, temples, libraries, porticoes, gymnasia, concert…

“amphitheatres”

Category:Roman amphitheatres in Spain
…On the inscriptions of Roman amphitheatres in the Eastern Adriatic seaboard,…
…to any of the following amphitheatres:
…the oldest of all known amphitheatres.
…with seven venues and 22 amphitheatres in the United States and
In contrast to many other amphitheatres, which were located on the…
…gladiators (see List of Roman amphitheatres).
…two largest teaching halls, the Amphitheatres Émile Boutmy and Jacques Chapsal.
Like all amphitheatres, the building had an elliptical
…the theatre on ancient Greek amphitheatres.

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