“Maneuver” or “Manoeuvre”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	maneuver	manoeuvre	Preference
United States	99	1	“maneuver”
United Kingdom	64	36	“maneuver”
India	72	28	“maneuver”
Philippines	98	2	“maneuver”
Canada	68	32	“maneuver”
Australia	69	31	“maneuver”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	65	35	“maneuver”
New Zealand	68	32	“maneuver”
Jamaica	82	18	“maneuver”
Trinidad & Tobago	80	20	“maneuver”
Guyana	100	0	“maneuver”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“maneuver”

…in episode 9 ("The Bernadette Maneuver / Cynllwyn Bernadette"), could be…
The spectacular overtaking maneuver by Zanardi later became known…
…order to safely and successfully maneuver a horse in a pattern…
A maneuver that is sometimes used for…
…cube utilizing a God's Number maneuver of 17 results in a…
…Summit, he used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a peanut from…
…last mission to use the maneuver was the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project…
…– a transposition and docking maneuver would have been required on…
…must mimic in order to maneuver the character out of danger,…
…Vice President, Dallas sought to maneuver himself into contention for the…

“manoeuvre”

…and an abandonment of tactical manoeuvre.
…other vehicles, particularly when drivers manoeuvre to change lanes.
During that last manoeuvre Sæl hit an underwater rock…
…to climb and unwieldy to manoeuvre at altitude, although they were…
Using fire and manoeuvre to cross a football pitch…
…flagship Formidable successfully completed the manoeuvre, but neither Indomptable nor Desaix…
…factors include incorrectly performing a manoeuvre, lack of supervision by the…
…plan was a classic pincer manoeuvre.
…between two chairs in a manoeuvre known as the "Conchairto", which…
…part of a state government manoeuvre in relation to timber extraction,…

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