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“Center” or “Centre”

Center is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while centre 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, 6 prefer “center” and 6 prefer “centre”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country center centre Preference
United States 98 2 “center”
United Kingdom 10 90 “centre”
India 48 52 “centre”
Philippines 97 3 “center”
Canada 28 72 “centre”
Australia 9 91 “centre”
Liberia 84 16 “center”
Ireland 11 89 “centre”
New Zealand 11 89 “centre”
Jamaica 56 44 “center”
Trinidad & Tobago 53 47 “center”
Guyana 61 39 “center”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“center”

  • Florin Service Center
  • The Center for Civic Media was founded…
  • …for Refugees, and the International Center for Psychosocial Trauma by the…
  • Its administrative center is the rural locality (a…
  • …in honor of The Interfaith Center of New York’s founder, recognizes…
  • Mountview Youth Service Center, Denver
  • …New Jersey Education and Research Center (Dr. Selikoff was the Founding…
  • …FM broadcasts from the Student Center, and the Black Affairs Office,…
  • 08.04.2005 | 16:43 | Press center State Committee for Television and…
  • …headquarters, conference and a training center.

“centre”

  • …Pheasant Inn and a childcare centre are just outside the village.
  • …Jack Walker, Rover; Frank Foyston, centre; Allan "Scotty" Davidson, Capt., right…
  • …fully equipped sport and leisure centre.
  • The other, Pompano Citi Centre, is an open-air mall.
  • …level), which is a tourist centre in the summer and a…
  • …sable and issuing from the centre tower a dexter arm in…
  • …a service to the town centre from Ormonde Street and Barnes
  • …E-Library has a multi-functional Conference centre used for conferences and summits.
  • …by Paris Diderot University, the Centre national de la recherche scientifique…
  • 'The Centre', which is a gymnasium used…

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