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“Chimeras” or “Chimaeras”

Chimeras is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while chimaeras 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, 8 prefer “chimeras” and 0 prefer “chimaeras”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country chimeras chimaeras Preference
United States 88 12 “chimeras”
United Kingdom 88 12 “chimeras”
India 85 15 “chimeras”
Philippines 81 19 “chimeras”
Canada 88 12 “chimeras”
Australia 89 11 “chimeras”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 100 0 “chimeras”
New Zealand 100 0 “chimeras”
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“chimeras”

  • Chimeras (Holocephali) have pavement teeth that…
  • Chimeras in the Tower: Selected Poems…
  • …the motif of an open mouth.
  • …Julia Golding, first published in 2007.
  • Parallax Prime: Of Dire Chimeras (2017)
  • …Ray Deshaies) PROTACs (Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras), a new technology to induce
  • …(Heterodontidae), some rays (Myliobatidae) and chimeras (Holocephali) exhibit durophagous behaviour.
  • "There are chimeras out there that serve very…
  • …seemingly wildly flailing up and down.
  • …that "of all the Blairesque chimeras pursued by David Cameron, none…

“chimaeras”

  • …Soldier, and the House with Chimaeras.
  • …cover sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras.
  • …Damansara Dementors (2nd) and Subang Chimaeras (3rd).
  • Chimaeras
  • …residences include the House with Chimaeras and the House of the…
  • …Rhinochimaeridae, commonly known as long-nosed chimaeras, are a family of cartilaginous
  • …a report on sharks and chimaeras captured during a 1948–49 Belgian…
  • Long-nosed chimaeras are found in temperate and…
  • However, some fish, including lampreys, chimaeras, and lungfish, have no true…
  • …of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali)."

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