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“Liters” or “Litres”

Liters is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while litres 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, 5 prefer “liters” and 7 prefer “litres”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country liters litres Preference
United States 94 6 “liters”
United Kingdom 19 81 “litres”
India 33 67 “litres”
Philippines 94 6 “liters”
Canada 45 55 “litres”
Australia 18 82 “litres”
Liberia 100 0 “liters”
Ireland 21 79 “litres”
New Zealand 23 77 “litres”
Jamaica 52 48 “liters”
Trinidad & Tobago 49 51 “litres”
Guyana 51 49 “liters”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“liters”

  • …NaClO bleach added to ten liters of water, will yield a…
  • …a V8 engine of 5 liters delivering about pushing the car…
  • …capable of producing a billion liters per day, opening at the…
  • It flowed 86 liters per second.
  • …casks as large as 20,000 liters (5,280 gallons), allowing for richer…
  • …range from 75 to 400 liters (20 to 100 US gallons).
  • …grams or more per 210 liters of breath as indicated by…
  • …grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood or 210 liters…
  • …Porsche 911 GT3 R (+3 liters) and Acura NSX GT3 Evo…
  • …of eight fluid ounces (1.8 liters, or 0.5 gallon) is the…

“litres”

  • …annual production of 13.5 million litres of milk.
  • …in their series to 3.5 litres.
  • …increased sharply to nearly 11.5 litres of pure alcohol consumption a
  • …Brewery was about 40 million litres.
  • …drive cars up to 1.4 litres, called 1400 Cup, but the…
  • In 2004, almost 1,300 million litres were exported out of a…
  • …be able to pump 75 litres per minute for a minimum…
  • …outfit, as well as 2,180 litres of grain and 2,000 litres…
  • …an average discharge of 1200 litres of ice-cold water per second.
  • …by villagers and provides 20 litres of water for just one

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