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“Arbor” or “Arbour”

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

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 9 prefer “arbor” and 1 prefer “arbour”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country arbor arbour Preference
United States 98 2 “arbor”
United Kingdom 65 35 “arbor”
India 86 14 “arbor”
Philippines 95 5 “arbor”
Canada 52 48 “arbor”
Australia 55 45 “arbor”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 21 79 “arbour”
New Zealand 60 40 “arbor”
Jamaica 88 12 “arbor”
Trinidad & Tobago 89 11 “arbor”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“arbor”

  • …located about north of Ann Arbor and about south of Brighton.
  • …University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
  • …over sixty cities including Ann Arbor, Brno, Czech Republic, Chicago, Brooklyn,…
  • London; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Pres
  • …to many in the Ann Arbor community for years afterward, even…
  • William R. Trowbridge, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute
  • …University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1886, was admitted to…
  • …major game" at the Ann Arbor Coliseum up to that point.
  • …as pets at his Ann Arbor estate.
  • …University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

“arbour”

  • …St Johns, Whitemoor and Windy Arbour.
  • In 2014, Victoria Megan Arbour concluded that Zhongyuansaurus was a…
  • Bridie Jackson and The Arbour are a four-piece contemporary folk/acoustic…
  • St Bricin's Military Hospital, Arbour Hill
  • Nicole Arbour, Canadian cheerleader and singer
  • …below follows syntheses presented by Arbour et al.
  • Category:Loch Arbour, New Jersey
  • Louise Arbour
  • While playing for Racine, Arbour had a number of different…
  • On November 3, 2007, Al Arbour returned at the request of…

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