“Flavored” or “Flavoured”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “flavored” and 6 prefer “flavoured”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	flavored	flavoured	Preference
United States	98	2	“flavored”
United Kingdom	13	87	“flavoured”
India	27	73	“flavoured”
Philippines	92	8	“flavored”
Canada	47	53	“flavoured”
Australia	14	86	“flavoured”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	21	79	“flavoured”
New Zealand	20	80	“flavoured”
Jamaica	53	47	“flavored”
Trinidad & Tobago	54	46	“flavored”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“flavored”

Heavy/thick fragrant flavored brand is also developed.
Savory taralli may be flavored with onion, garlic, sesame seeds,…
…with shōchū and carbonated water flavored with lemon, though some modern…
…the Delirium Café are fruit flavored beers.
(Green tea ice cream is flavored with matcha, not ocha.)
Kickapoo Fuzzy Navel (peach flavored)
All the berry pieces are flavored the same, regardless of color.
Chicken flavored food must be flavored with…
…1974, 800,000 bottles of Banana Flavored Milk are sold each day…
Flavored with Chorizo/Chouriço/Chourizu, the pig's ear…

“flavoured”

…loukoumi, only that it is flavoured with fresh goatsmilk butter rather…
…can be plain or mildly flavoured, and served with a variety…
The dishes tend to be flavoured with cumin, coriander seeds, and…
…called melktert which is "lightly flavoured with cinnamon sugar."
The ale would have been flavoured with meadowsweet in the manner…
Chankonabe, a Japanese dish flavoured with soy sauce or miso.
This history flavoured liturgical usage there, which still…
…available in liquorice and other flavoured varieties.
…the rests of winemaking- and flavoured with special herbs or coffee,…
…beer (naturally fermented barley sugars flavoured with hops), of which there…

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