“Maneuvered” or “Manoeuvred”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “maneuvered” and 0 prefer “manoeuvred”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	maneuvered	manoeuvred	Preference
United States	100	0	“maneuvered”
United Kingdom	58	42	“maneuvered”
India	56	44	“maneuvered”
Philippines	100	0	“maneuvered”
Canada	100	0	“maneuvered”
Australia	66	34	“maneuvered”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“maneuvered”

…intense fire as the VC maneuvered toward the burning ACAV.
…mounted a heavy antiaircraft barrage.Yorktown maneuvered radically, avoiding at least two…
…suicide run, and the destroyer maneuvered furiously to unmask her battery…
Goenka carefully maneuvered to purchase these shares making…
…2019, A Mitsubishi Montero SUV maneuvered by a 66-year-old resident of…
…shock of bumps, and that maneuvered and ran faster and more
…a map and the aircraft maneuvered so it could begin to…
…imprisoned the PPP's leadership and maneuvered the organization into a divisive…
…soon as the German destroyer maneuvered clear of the tanker, she…
…Jefferson Davis monument and then maneuvered through the Uptown district and…

“manoeuvred”

Hezlet manoeuvred Trenchant to cut the officer…
…top of the back-lift, Bradman manoeuvred the bat through a continuous…
…able manner in which he manoeuvred and fought.
…there the section fired and manoeuvred behind the nurses' home and…
…the way a scuba diver manoeuvred.
…optical system weighs and is manoeuvred on an alt-azimuth mount, with…
As they manoeuvred, Private Gray's section engaged a…
…then found that the target manoeuvred behind him and chased the…
In this way, Quisling was manoeuvred out of power by Bräuer…
…the next day, while Brown manoeuvred other units to cross the…

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