“Favorites” or “Favourites”

Language

Favorites and favourites are both English terms.

Usage

Favorites is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while favourites 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
favorites	98	25	64	95	68	27	0	28	33	75	74	0
favourites	2	75	36	5	32	73	0	72	67	25	26	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "favorites" over "favourites" (98 to 2).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 75 to 25 preference for "favourites" over "favorites".
• In India, there is a preference for "favorites" over "favourites" (64 to 36).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "favorites" over "favourites" (95 to 5).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "favorites" over "favourites" (68 to 32).
• In Australia, there is a 73 to 27 preference for "favourites" over "favorites".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "favorites" and "favourites".
• In Ireland, there is a 72 to 28 preference for "favourites" over "favorites".
• In New Zealand, there is a 67 to 33 preference for "favourites" over "favorites".
• In Jamaica, there is a preference for "favorites" over "favourites" (75 to 25).
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "favorites" over "favourites" (74 to 26).
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "favorites" and "favourites".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use favorites or favourites with sample sentences.

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