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“Glamor” or “Glamour”

Language

Glamor and glamour are both English terms.

Usage

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

  • In the United States, there is a 88 to 12 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a 97 to 3 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In India, there is a 98 to 2 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In the Philippines, there is a 95 to 5 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In Canada, there is a 93 to 7 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In Australia, there is a 95 to 5 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "glamor" and "glamour".
  • In Ireland, there is a 97 to 3 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In New Zealand, there is a 96 to 4 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In Jamaica, there is a 94 to 6 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a 88 to 12 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
  • In Guyana, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "glamour" over "glamor".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use glamor or glamour with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “glamor”

  • to live a life of glamor, friends noted that the couple's
  • a style, we're not pushing glamor, we're not pushing twinkly dinkly
  • Since vampires can glamor humans to invite them to
  • performer with all the blowzy glamor of the girls on the
  • Tragedy, Terrorism, and Glamor: A Review of The Baader
  • He's obsessed with beauty and glamor and will not stand anything
  • marked the end of the glamor period.
  • [Witches – From Persecution to Glamor] (Oslo, Oslo Humanist forlag, 2003)
  • balls of their frivolity and glamor, charging no more than $25
  • a French photographer of fashion, glamor and portraiture.

Examples of “glamour”

  • first uses of the word "glamour" as a euphemism for nude
  • Leilani Kai (who, as the Glamour Girls, were the reigning WWF
  • celebrated with all devotion and glamour by the people of Muvattupuzha
  • editions), Mark Magazine, Design Bureau, Glamour, Playboy (France),The Los Angeles Times,
  • movie while Lakshmi Rai oozes glamour all through.
  • a Page 3 girl and glamour model.
  • and worked extensively as a glamour model.
  • In 2015, she covered Glamour (Germany) and Fashion Week Daily
  • However, to add some glamour to the tale, the 64-year-old
  • 2013, The Defiled toured alongside Glamour of the Kill as the


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