Get started

“Etiology” or “Aetiology”

Etiology is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while aetiology is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

Get Sapling See examples
Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “etiology” and 4 prefer “aetiology”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country etiology aetiology Preference
United States 98 2 “etiology”
United Kingdom 39 61 “aetiology”
India 94 6 “etiology”
Philippines 99 1 “etiology”
Canada 94 6 “etiology”
Australia 40 60 “aetiology”
Liberia 100 0 “etiology”
Ireland 47 53 “aetiology”
New Zealand 48 52 “aetiology”
Jamaica 73 27 “etiology”
Trinidad & Tobago 85 15 “etiology”
Guyana 100 0 “etiology”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“etiology”

  • …of research is elucidating the etiology of homesickness in younger populations,…
  • …the most common and well-studied etiology of TIC.
  • …a passenger virus in the etiology of AIDS.
  • …Types of Adventure Tale: An Etiology of A Major Genre.
  • …of homicide by an "undetermined etiology".
  • …extensive evidence for the biological etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome.
  • …contraction and palpation, suggests an etiology involving the abdominal wall musculature.
  • …and Technology project titled “THE ETIOLOGY, RISK FACTORS AND THERAPY OF…
  • …the topics of the nature, etiology, mutability, and identity around same-sex…
  • Thereby he verified a new etiology of male gynecomatia due to…

“aetiology”

  • In an addendum to The Aetiology of Hysteria he stated: "All…
  • …is also associated with other aetiology factors.
  • 1896 The Aetiology of Hysteria
  • …and in studies on the aetiology and pathophysiology of insomnia.
  • 1898 Sexuality in the Aetiology of the Neuroses
  • The aetiology of Turner syndrome phenotype can…
  • …paper, "On Porphyria and the Aetiology of Werewolves," was published in…
  • 1896 Heredity and the Aetiology of the Neuroses
  • …defined paradigm for the syndrome aetiology and severity in progression.
  • Aetiology

Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.

Too much to remember?

Looking for a tool that handles this for you wherever you write?

Install Sapling Try the grammar checker