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“Kilometers” or “Kilometres”

Kilometers is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while kilometres 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, 10 prefer “kilometers” and 2 prefer “kilometres”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country kilometers kilometres Preference
United States 99 1 “kilometers”
United Kingdom 68 32 “kilometers”
India 46 54 “kilometres”
Philippines 98 2 “kilometers”
Canada 74 26 “kilometers”
Australia 43 57 “kilometres”
Liberia 100 0 “kilometers”
Ireland 56 44 “kilometers”
New Zealand 57 43 “kilometers”
Jamaica 86 14 “kilometers”
Trinidad & Tobago 84 16 “kilometers”
Guyana 100 0 “kilometers”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“kilometers”

  • The ways are about three kilometers () long and they belong…
  • …the villagers migrated about sixteen kilometers east southeast, entered the boundaries…
  • …many families have moved several kilometers inland for convenience.
  • …Line, and is located 37.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of…
  • …in the Anicuns Microregion, 123 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia,…
  • Located on 1.27 square kilometers (314 acres), it is one…
  • It is 6.9 kilometers from the start of the…
  • …Line, and is located 402.3 kilometers from the official starting point…
  • …the Dutch/Belgian border, about five kilometers south of the city limits…
  • …from Goianésia, which is 28 kilometers to the west.

“kilometres”

  • It was located 16 kilometres northwest of Tiberias.
  • It is located 25 kilometres north of Hyderabad Central Nampally…
  • …region, the town is 5 kilometres east of Ohakune, 75 kilometres…
  • …finishing the first classical 10 kilometres in 45 minutes and 40.3…
  • It is located 23 kilometres south of Malalane.
  • …(135 ft) high and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long, with potential…
  • …in Collecchio, a comune 15 kilometres south-west of the Stadio Ennio…
  • …Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
  • …and another four within ten kilometres of the CBD, and the…
  • …islet of Ulko-Tammio (about 19 kilometres northwest of Sommers) the Finns…

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