“Kilograms” or “Kilogrammes”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	kilograms	kilogrammes	Preference
United States	100	0	“kilograms”
United Kingdom	98	2	“kilograms”
India	100	0	“kilograms”
Philippines	100	0	“kilograms”
Canada	98	2	“kilograms”
Australia	99	1	“kilograms”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	97	3	“kilograms”
New Zealand	98	2	“kilograms”
Jamaica	100	0	“kilograms”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“kilograms”
Guyana	100	0	“kilograms”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“kilograms”

The Golden Howdah weighs 750 Kilograms in weight and is purely…
…boxers of up to 54 kilograms to compete.
The men's freestyle 86 kilograms wrestling competition at the 2014…
…or disposed of about 450 kilograms of highly enriched uranium; Argentina,…
…weighing around five to seven kilograms.
The women's 48 kilograms (Extra lightweight) competition at the…
The men's light heavyweight (81 kilograms) event at the 2006 Asian…
…by the child’s weight in kilograms.
They weigh 50 kilograms at birth and reach weights…
…wrestlers weighing up to 87 kilograms.

“kilogrammes”

…and the carrying of 15 kilogrammes of personal equipment was brought-in…
…manufacturing quotas were 18 375 kilogrammes for conversion (a number of…
…bells weighing just a few kilogrammes.
…long, weighing about seven hundred kilogrammes.
…can weigh up to two kilogrammes and is manufactured by female
…per square foot (approximately 500 kilogrammes per square metre) with a…
…processed for their oil; four-and-a-half kilogrammes of beechnuts yielded one litre…
…metre long individual at 2.5 kilogrammes.
…to a maximum of 63 kilogrammes of body mass.
…Africa alone trades 1.6 million kilogrammes of mopane worm annually, and…

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