“Inflection” or “Inflexion”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 11 prefer “inflection” and 0 prefer “inflexion”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	inflection	inflexion	Preference
United States	97	3	“inflection”
United Kingdom	69	31	“inflection”
India	80	20	“inflection”
Philippines	97	3	“inflection”
Canada	92	8	“inflection”
Australia	86	14	“inflection”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	83	17	“inflection”
New Zealand	100	0	“inflection”
Jamaica	100	0	“inflection”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“inflection”
Guyana	100	0	“inflection”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“inflection”

…comprising a volume on nominal inflection, to become part of Manfred…
Languages in which each inflection conveys only a single grammatical…
Bavarian features verbal inflection for several moods such as…
…and also shows properties of inflection.
…of the noun and the inflection pattern it follows; for example,…
Subject inflection is as follows:
AMG presents listeners with an inflection of multiple styles, traversing through…
…theory of Proto-Indo-European language nominal inflection and ablaut.
…level, differences may involve pronunciation, inflection, and/or syntax (sentence structure).
…variations in a person's vocal inflection and body language allow a…

“inflexion”

…great part of Sanskrit case inflexion, and retaining many words in…
…joint owners, after long-standing investor Inflexion left after nine years.
"Manchild" features a "flamenco rhythmic inflexion and savannah sunset trumpets", while…
…de l'architecture (1981–1997), Dijon, collection Inflexion, , 2012
The inflexion point in the Daphnia population…
…novel word-formations and varieties of inflexion introduced by Pacuvius exposed him…
…£205m to private equity firm Inflexion
…analogue, and instead employs nominal inflexion.
…disappeared in Istro-Romanian, whereas verbal inflexion is more conservative and its…
…a maximum value at the inflexion point.

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