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“Connections” or “Connexions”

Connections is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while connexions 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, 11 prefer “connections” and 0 prefer “connexions”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country connections connexions Preference
United States 100 0 “connections”
United Kingdom 96 4 “connections”
India 97 3 “connections”
Philippines 100 0 “connections”
Canada 97 3 “connections”
Australia 99 1 “connections”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 100 0 “connections”
New Zealand 99 1 “connections”
Jamaica 100 0 “connections”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “connections”
Guyana 100 0 “connections”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“connections”

  • Connections with neighbouring countries
  • Research is looking into connections between hair loss and other…
  • She eventually used her father's connections to get signed to London…
  • Transport Connections
  • …Leibler, a law firm with connections to the Australian Jewish community,…
  • Connections youth also took three times…
  • …1930er years resulted in that connections to the Eichsfeld are to
  • …such persons via their existing connections in the World Family Tree.
  • …same chip with the electrical connections to the floating point unit
  • …Lockard, Executive Director of Texas Connections Academy @ Houston, EdTech Leadership…

“connexions”

  • …Ph.D. material scientists and material specialists.
  • New Connexions Free Church Ely is the…
  • New Connexions Free Church is a church…
  • In England, a Connexions Centre was a location, as…
  • Railway station with connexions to Hof, Bamberg, Würzburg, Bayreuth,…
  • Connexions Centre
  • …contests and created strong creative connexions with American rap artists.
  • These make the connexions and overlaps of ideas clearly…
  • This simplified connexions.
  • …and this besides the inner connexions of thought", and in the…

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