“Behaviors” or “Behaviours”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “behaviors” and 8 prefer “behaviours”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	behaviors	behaviours	Preference
United States	98	2	“behaviors”
United Kingdom	15	85	“behaviours”
India	55	45	“behaviors”
Philippines	93	7	“behaviors”
Canada	43	57	“behaviours”
Australia	15	85	“behaviours”
Liberia	100	0	“behaviors”
Ireland	27	73	“behaviours”
New Zealand	23	77	“behaviours”
Jamaica	46	54	“behaviours”
Trinidad & Tobago	38	62	“behaviours”
Guyana	48	52	“behaviours”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“behaviors”

…impacts our sexual attitudes and behaviors and how people respond to…
…see the sort of abusive behaviors shown in popular films as…
…in the following examples of "behaviors" of his machine — is…
…not known to exhibit play behaviors, allogrooming, or other social behaviors.
…a means to catharsis through behaviors that foster connection with others,…
…be to use more specific behaviors in place of "supportive and…
Utilizing these behaviors usually results in two types…
Behaviors such as advocacy, commitment and…
…asexual lizards is that mating behaviors are still seen, although the…
…while they observe some strange behaviors of Hilkiah.

“behaviours”

List of abnormal behaviours in animals
…to focus on ‘green’ (positive) behaviours and reduce opportunities for ‘red’…
Social structure and territorial behaviours
The specific kinds of anti-social behaviours exhibited, as well as the…
All organisms can exhibit behaviours.
…of the set of learned behaviours of young monkeys, but Myers…
…in the evolution of these behaviours: reputation transmission allows socially desirable…
…discussed with individuals with anti-social behaviours, rather than a broad general
The combined impact of four behaviours – not smoking, being physically…
…samples also showed a dynamic behaviours and some vesicles “buds” out…

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