“Armory” or “Armoury”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	armory	armoury	Preference
United States	99	1	“armory”
United Kingdom	56	44	“armory”
India	40	60	“armoury”
Philippines	81	19	“armory”
Canada	67	33	“armory”
Australia	62	38	“armory”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	74	26	“armory”
New Zealand	70	30	“armory”
Jamaica	100	0	“armory”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“armory”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“armory”

…improvements.Based on these recommendations, the Armory was built that same year…
23rd Regiment Armory
…and Modern Art: From the Armory Show to Abstract Expressionism" (1993)
The Armory Show (art fair)
…Modern Art Revolution Before the Armory Show – by Brooke Schieb
…part of the, "Sibley Hospital-Stadium Armory" Line, operating alongside Routes D1…
…being held prisoner, while the armory is destroyed during Xin Zhang's…
The Armory was constructed in 1905 by…
Jail and the D.C. Armory, which is both a popular…
…the lower floor was the armory.

“armoury”

…display in the Moscow Kremlin Armoury Museum.
Doyle joined the Armoury Show in Scotland in 1983,…
…Confederacy was now the London Armoury Company's principal client and it…
The castle was used as armoury and storage.
…library, the strong room, the armoury and a theatre (a programme…
…rivers, site of a former armoury.
…weekly from Akbar the Great's armoury for the royal use.
…Jacobs Studios in Farnham, Surrey, Armoury Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia,…
…and rocket launchers attacked an armoury in Artemivsk on 24 April.
…200 Maoists attacked a CISF armoury and an explosive storehouse at…

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