Favorite and favourite are both English terms.
Favorite is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while favourite is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).
In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term | US | UK | India | Philippines | Canada | Australia | Liberia | Ireland | New Zealand | Jamaica | Trinidad & Tobago | Guyana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
favorite | 94 | 23 | 30 | 93 | 57 | 27 | 90 | 25 | 32 | 63 | 65 | 55 |
favourite | 6 | 77 | 70 | 7 | 43 | 73 | 10 | 75 | 68 | 37 | 35 | 45 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use favorite or favourite with sample sentences.
(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)