“Epilog” or “Epilogue”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 0 prefer “epilog” and 12 prefer “epilogue”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	epilog	epilogue	Preference
United States	15	85	“epilogue”
United Kingdom	6	94	“epilogue”
India	3	97	“epilogue”
Philippines	1	99	“epilogue”
Canada	11	89	“epilogue”
Australia	10	90	“epilogue”
Liberia	0	100	“epilogue”
Ireland	10	90	“epilogue”
New Zealand	0	100	“epilogue”
Jamaica	0	100	“epilogue”
Trinidad & Tobago	0	100	“epilogue”
Guyana	0	100	“epilogue”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“epilog”

Compared to the poems from Epilog Burzy (Epilogue to the Storm)…
…last work of the poet Epilog burzy (Epilogue to a Storm)…
Ne[XXX]t Epilog v1.0 is physically released 2012,…
Epilog / Epilogue, 2009
…C, and a beautifully pensive Epilog (Eusebius).
Epilog
…is what the title, Ne[XXX]t Epilog, suggests.
…made a second short film, "Epilog" (1992), for which he took…
Male chorus for the "Epilog to Goethe's funeral eulogy" (1832)
The Ne[XXX]t Epilog

“epilogue”

…1991, and included a new epilogue written by Mark Gruenwald and…
…have been hiding Marco Polo's epilogue and explains that Atticus was…
Epilogue.
A short epilogue, 15 years after the events…
…chapter, eighteen passages/verses with an epilogue nineteenth praise passage.
A Before Watchmen: Epilogue one-shot was announced but never
…both are seen in the epilogue with their son and daughter.
In an epilogue, the two rabbits celebrate Halloween…
In an epilogue, Rosemary tells Raiden their child…
The novel's epilogue reveals that a manned spacecraft,…

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