Glamor and glamour are both English terms.
Glamor is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while glamour 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
glamor | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
glamour | 88 | 97 | 98 | 95 | 93 | 95 | 0 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 88 | 100 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use glamor or glamour with sample sentences.
(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)