“Artifact” or “Artefact”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	artifact	artefact	Preference
United States	98	2	“artifact”
United Kingdom	79	21	“artifact”
India	82	18	“artifact”
Philippines	98	2	“artifact”
Canada	88	12	“artifact”
Australia	77	23	“artifact”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	62	38	“artifact”
New Zealand	82	18	“artifact”
Jamaica	74	26	“artifact”
Trinidad & Tobago	86	14	“artifact”
Guyana	100	0	“artifact”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“artifact”

…lack of methylation and an artifact.
Dogleg, a type of artifact in computer imaging, colloquially known…
…an open-air museum with original artifact displayed where they were used.
…the Chosen: A book on artifacts, focusing on weapons, armor and…
A weird artifact of block matching owes to…
…asks Derrida about his term, "artifactuality," which indicates that the construction…
This analysis of temporally sensitive artifact types also produced information of…
Mayan Artifact (part 2)
…premise of society as an artifact, and rejects the necessity of…
…time, race, and nationality: an artifact of differences in literacy skills

“artefact”

Artefact: Machines à écrire 1.0.
Artefact remains found at La Trinidad…
…after the colon is the artefact number: e.g., AaBb-16:0123
…revealed one shell midden and artefact scatter on the Green Cape…
…discover the lost Time Lord artefact, the Eye of Time, allowing…
…also faked, showing how the artefact had been in the family…
…– it was the oldest artefact then known.
…effect (lighting), a temporal light artefact visible if a moving object…
…rarity, however, may be an artefact caused by inadequate methods to…
…Thornycroft, and was the only artefact to survive more or less…

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