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“Miter” or “Mitre”

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country miter mitre Preference
United States 78 22 “miter”
United Kingdom 9 91 “mitre”
India 80 20 “miter”
Philippines 62 38 “miter”
Canada 45 55 “mitre”
Australia 6 94 “mitre”
Liberia 0 100 “mitre”
Ireland 16 84 “mitre”
New Zealand 4 96 “mitre”
Jamaica 47 53 “mitre”
Trinidad & Tobago 49 51 “mitre”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“miter”

  • …in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
  • …over the top of the miter.
  • …valves in place, and the miter sills (under the lock gates)…
  • …in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
  • Cerro de las Mitras ("Miter Hill" or "Miter Mountain"), a…
  • …in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
  • …in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
  • …the left and wears the miter.
  • …in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
  • …in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

“mitre”

  • …forces, led by General Bartolomé Mitre, were defeated by those led…
  • Mitre Line
  • Taramai's immediate impact at Mitre 10 Cup level with North…
  • …8–2 || Moyer (1–0) || Mitre (0–1) || || 40,397 ||
  • President Mitre commanded Col. Conesa to recapture
  • It uses the MiTAP (Mitre Text and Audio Processing) system.
  • Thus, Mitre wrote a biography of San…
  • …dress and to wear a mitre on formal occasions, the first…
  • …plays as a defender for Mitre.
  • …its concessions to operate the Mitre and Sarmiento lines revoked on…

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