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“Fibers” or “Fibres”

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

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “fibers” and 5 prefer “fibres”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country fibers fibres Preference
United States 97 3 “fibers”
United Kingdom 28 72 “fibres”
India 28 72 “fibres”
Philippines 95 5 “fibers”
Canada 51 49 “fibers”
Australia 28 72 “fibres”
Liberia 88 12 “fibers”
Ireland 36 64 “fibres”
New Zealand 32 68 “fibres”
Jamaica 50 50 No clear preference
Trinidad & Tobago 55 45 “fibers”
Guyana 55 45 “fibers”
Usage

Examples in context

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“fibers”

  • …berimbaus were strung with plant fibers and thus could not project…
  • Natural fibers are made from plant, animal…
  • …of their cells made of fibers, which are currently unknown, that…
  • …composed of ceramic parts and fibers.
  • …of the A-delta (Fast Pain) fibers identified nerve root pathology with…
  • Input comes from the mossy fibers, which terminate there and synapse…
  • Ventral stress fibers are associated with focal adhesions…
  • …large sculptural works from undyed fibers tied into large knots.
  • The concept of using fibers as reinforcement is not new.
  • …relatively quickly (compared to absorbent fibers such as cotton).

“fibres”

  • synthetic fibres
  • …use ice reinforced with wood fibres, but other accounts make it…
  • …cap but lighter, with longitudinal fibres.
  • …and lined with fine root fibres.
  • …commercially used in photonic crystal fibres (otherwise known as holey fibres,…
  • …the banknotes basically are long fibres from any kind of wood,…
  • Natural fibres used for making twine include…
  • …too dry, collapse of collagen fibres and demineralized dentin can occur,…
  • …front rollers the sliver of fibres passes through a funnel, through…
  • …the intermyofibrillar region of muscle fibres and within the nucleus.

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