“Clamor” or “Clamour”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “clamor” and 5 prefer “clamour”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	clamor	clamour	Preference
United States	86	14	“clamor”
United Kingdom	21	79	“clamour”
India	17	83	“clamour”
Philippines	86	14	“clamor”
Canada	62	38	“clamor”
Australia	27	73	“clamour”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“clamour”
New Zealand	0	100	“clamour”
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.

“clamor”

Clamor of the Lake - novel,
At this, the clamor from the crowd became deafening,…
Clamor II, for tape and large…
Clemente has written for Clamor Magazine, The Ave. magazine, The…
…have kept silence amid the clamor concerning the conviction of Alger
…solidarity, resulting in a thunderous clamor.
…came and went without much clamor.
…Stavroula Zygouri by the massive clamor of the home crowd inside…
…cabinet members resigned, and the clamor for the president's resignation grew…
Aggie supporters began to clamor for a stadium, but only…

“clamour”

CLAMOUR is a European collaborative project…
Consequently, the clamour for alphabet reform could be…
Mohammed Berrada, Far from Clamour, Close to Silence
…traps first, chased by Distant Clamour who challenged on a couple…
…linguistic approach taken by the CLAMOUR project, which must consider the…
…Archer, said "Amid the dystopian clamour, a thoughtful, light, original and…
…with Mincing Fury and Guttural Clamour of Queer Decay (Burning Dogma
…were jolted awake by the clamour of Roman trumpets sounding the
…subject of public condemnation and clamour because of their perceived unsuitability.
…sea was filled with a clamour as of voices in anguish.

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