“Analog” or “Analogue”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	analog	analogue	Preference
United States	91	9	“analog”
United Kingdom	50	50	No clear preference
India	85	15	“analog”
Philippines	92	8	“analog”
Canada	84	16	“analog”
Australia	63	37	“analog”
Liberia	100	0	“analog”
Ireland	70	30	“analog”
New Zealand	66	34	“analog”
Jamaica	82	18	“analog”
Trinidad & Tobago	85	15	“analog”
Guyana	82	18	“analog”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“analog”

1980–1986: TMS, integrated circuit, analog technology
The album, recorded in analog, was released on August 8,
The concept was an analog computing mechanism implementing the tractional
…discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 49,…
WNKJ-TV, UHF analog channel 51, was a television…
…AT-LXA4 and a comparatively stable analog of LXB4, 15R/S-methyl-LXB4, reduced the…
Isorhamnetin, the 3'-methyl analog
List of analog television stations in the Philippines
…1976), electrical engineer, fellow at Analog Devices, Inc. and leader in…
…Fiction, Amazing, Astounding (later renamed Analog), and Galaxy served as a…

“analogue”

In Stage Two, analogue was permanently switched off and…
…as the German name day analogue next to Kunigunde and Titian,…
…antioxidant trolox (a vitamin E analogue) as a standard.
Analogue services became available to the…
…bell jar on an automated analogue controlled machine designed and built…
…value without having to read analogue scales.
The phosphorus analogue of an aza crown can…
…that the Arachnids are Heinlein's analogue for communists.
An additional analogue called melanotan II causes enhanced…
Suzi Analogue - "Son" from World.

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