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“Honor” or “Honour”

Honor is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while honour 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, 12 prefer “honor” and 0 prefer “honour”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country honor honour Preference
United States 98 2 “honor”
United Kingdom 67 33 “honor”
India 85 15 “honor”
Philippines 98 2 “honor”
Canada 72 28 “honor”
Australia 51 49 “honor”
Liberia 100 0 “honor”
Ireland 65 35 “honor”
New Zealand 64 36 “honor”
Jamaica 68 32 “honor”
Trinidad & Tobago 75 25 “honor”
Guyana 74 26 “honor”
Usage

Examples in context

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“honor”

  • It’s just really an honor to be fastest this practice.”
  • …Florida, the duo accepted this honor.
  • …Auditorium named Sullivan Square, in honor of the school's founding dean…
  • …day on August 4 to honor their patron saint, Saint Dominic.
  • …he received the organization's highest honor, being named a Bell Laboratories
  • Category:División de Honor de Hockey Hierba players
  • …Morton Interfaith Award, named in honor of The Interfaith Center of…
  • …the Roque Ruaño Building, in honor of great civil engineer alumnus,
  • …including domestic cup Copa de Honor and international competitions Tie Cup…
  • …in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to

“honour”

  • …military officers also held the honour.
  • …even though Western states often honour the principle in the breach."
  • …the name "Burj 2020" in honour of the World Expo 2020.
  • …contribution to the Volume in honour of Prof. Dionysios Spinellis, Athens,
  • …the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards in Tokyo.
  • Kniksen's honour award: Ronny Johnsen
  • …later added Kastrioti to, in honour of the nobel Kastrioti family…
  • …of Asturias, was named in honour of Queen Mercedes.
  • …Battalion was awarded the battle honour "THE GREAT WAR 1914-17".
  • …Αρρεναγωγείον (Christodoulidion boys school), in honour of the founders and benefactors…

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