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“Artifacts” or “Artefacts”

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

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country artifacts artefacts Preference
United States 99 1 “artifacts”
United Kingdom 75 25 “artifacts”
India 73 27 “artifacts”
Philippines 98 2 “artifacts”
Canada 93 7 “artifacts”
Australia 72 28 “artifacts”
Liberia 100 0 “artifacts”
Ireland 69 31 “artifacts”
New Zealand 82 18 “artifacts”
Jamaica 73 27 “artifacts”
Trinidad & Tobago 77 23 “artifacts”
Guyana 100 0 “artifacts”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“artifacts”

  • …home for nearly a thousand artifacts from eleven of the states…
  • Archaeologists found numerous artifacts and remains of homes and…
  • …over 25 million objects and artifacts in its collections, which include…
  • …School features history exhibits and artifacts, as well as the school…
  • …ruins and strange, psychic crystal-powered artifacts.
  • …to the surface to find artifacts of the past and to…
  • Cybertronian Artifacts
  • Artifacts from some of these sites…
  • Artifacts unearthed in a 1976 dig…
  • Contested artifacts

“artefacts”

  • Various artefacts have been found from the…
  • …well as related still life artefacts from the Apollo Missions.
  • …its collection of about 400,000 artefacts — including books, microfilms, periodicals…
  • …comprise the entire collection of artefacts and environmental remains from his…
  • …on subjects pertaining to ancient artefacts in the holdings of the…
  • Artefacts from the earliest excavations soon…
  • …was relatively dated using these artefacts, meaning that the burial of…
  • Buddhist Temples and artefacts of Mrauk-U
  • …archaeological site as the first artefacts are dated about 3000 BC.
  • …a collection of antique books, artefacts and manuscripts at the Bar…

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