“Endeavors” or “Endeavours”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “endeavors” and 5 prefer “endeavours”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	endeavors	endeavours	Preference
United States	92	8	“endeavors”
United Kingdom	32	68	“endeavours”
India	53	47	“endeavors”
Philippines	88	12	“endeavors”
Canada	50	50	No clear preference
Australia	28	72	“endeavours”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	32	68	“endeavours”
New Zealand	33	67	“endeavours”
Jamaica	56	44	“endeavors”
Trinidad & Tobago	48	52	“endeavours”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“endeavors”

…Casshern regularly, and witness his endeavors.
Historical endeavors
…had a variety of musical endeavors, beginning with involvement in an…
Each of these endeavors brings him trouble.
…continued to pursue his artistic endeavors.
…Genesis Partners, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, Blumberg Capital, Joe Lonsdale of…
…that are beyond the policy endeavors of states, reflecting a mismatch…
| 1991 || Humanitarian endeavors || World Humanity Award ||
…can succeed in their future endeavors.
Pritzker's philanthropic endeavors include funding the Pritzker School…

“endeavours”

…in even his most bizarre endeavours.
Chen's artistic endeavours have also made history by…
…that time for more fruitful endeavours.
…Seventh-day Adventist Church's major educational endeavours in Canada.
…or assisting various film preservation endeavours.
…by Alexis Carrel where he endeavours to outline a comprehensive account…
…George's Day, 1374, when artistic endeavours were traditionally rewarded, it is…
His endeavours make him legendary; his abilities…
In these endeavours, they are guided by the…
…after Johan Meyer's initial entrepreneurial endeavours failed, James Cavill purchased 25…

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