“Louver” or “Louvre”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 0 prefer “louver” and 10 prefer “louvre”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	louver	louvre	Preference
United States	24	76	“louvre”
United Kingdom	6	94	“louvre”
India	22	78	“louvre”
Philippines	40	60	“louvre”
Canada	15	85	“louvre”
Australia	14	86	“louvre”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	6	94	“louvre”
New Zealand	14	86	“louvre”
Jamaica	31	69	“louvre”
Trinidad & Tobago	0	100	“louvre”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“louver”

…by Marlborough Fine Art, L.A. Louver and Ben Brown Fine Arts,
…pedimented gable with a half-round louver at the center.
…portico with a round-arched attic louver in the center.
Peaked arches with louver boards are provided on the…
…Schulte in Berlin and L.A. Louver gallery in Los Angeles.
…Washington, DC in 1986, LA Louver Gallery in Los Angeles in…
The chrome louver trim that was mounted on…
…bay, topped by a round-arch louver and a Palladian window that…
Operable louvered shutters have louvers (or louvres…
…above the roof, the aluminum louver blades were created by the…

“louvre”

…Museums and Director of the Louvre, where he introduced important innovations…
…on the terracottas at the Louvre.
…at the oratory of the Louvre.
Musée National du Louvre, Paris, prints
In the Louvre there is a scarab with…
…Leonidas at Thermopylae (Musee du Louvre, Paris).
…ending of that conflict, the Louvre Museum in Paris was quickly…
…troupe perform L'Étourdi at the Louvre.
…Petit-Bourbon theater next to the Louvre.
…used to fill the new Louvre museum in Paris.

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