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“Liter” or “Litre”

Liter is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while litre 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, 3 prefer “liter” and 8 prefer “litre”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country liter litre Preference
United States 93 7 “liter”
United Kingdom 14 86 “litre”
India 30 70 “litre”
Philippines 93 7 “liter”
Canada 37 63 “litre”
Australia 14 86 “litre”
Liberia 78 22 “liter”
Ireland 16 84 “litre”
New Zealand 18 82 “litre”
Jamaica 47 53 “litre”
Trinidad & Tobago 49 51 “litre”
Guyana 50 50 No clear preference
Usage

Examples in context

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“liter”

  • 1.0 liter three cylinder gasoline with 66…
  • …have taken the existing 1.2 liter four cylinder Kappa engine and…
  • InStove developed the 60 Liter Stove, and in 2013 the…
  • …price of 25 cents a liter for gasoline while neighboring countries…
  • dwadzieścia jeden liter.
  • …Colgan's prototype for InStove's 60 liter capacity cookstove was a rocket…
  • …13 x 106 cells per liter, with domoic acid levels of…
  • …Jonathan Vega, who threw a liter of sulphuric acid on her…
  • …40 to 60 micrograms per liter, and there is an unknown…
  • …models come with the 1.0 liter three cylinder gasoline engine while…

“litre”

  • …rpm redline from the 4.0 litre flat-six engine.
  • …aune for metre, litron for litre, livre for kilogram, once for…
  • …the car around a 3.4 litre Jaguar D-type XK inline-six, with…
  • The 3.0 litre V6 produces @ 6,800 rpm…
  • …the Gen IV LS3 6.2 litre V8 with , shared with…
  • …burned (such as a gallon, litre, kilogram).
  • …in the 1987 Australian 2.0 Litre Touring Car Championship for 20-year-old…
  • …Alltrack consists of two 2.0 litre TDI with outputs of 103…
  • The 1 litre bottle is in the shape…
  • …platform, with a 3-cylinder 1.0 litre petrol engine.

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