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“Odors” or “Odours”

Odors is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while odours is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “odors” and 3 prefer “odours”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country odors odours Preference
United States 99 1 “odors”
United Kingdom 44 56 “odours”
India 57 43 “odors”
Philippines 95 5 “odors”
Canada 71 29 “odors”
Australia 45 55 “odours”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 47 53 “odours”
New Zealand 51 49 “odors”
Jamaica 100 0 “odors”
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.

“odors”

  • …which allowed people to smell odors and aromas from the film…
  • They use terrestrial odors as cues in migration as…
  • …on a back ward, the odors from wards crammed with untidy…
  • …amygdala are used to pair odors to names and recognize odor…
  • The odors of female L. figueresi are…
  • …in ambient humidity, temperature, and odors.
  • …voltage-gated calcium channel opening by odors) and G protein stimulation (caused…
  • …to inoculate people with certain odors in order to prevent the…
  • …as an authority on environmental odors.
  • …surrounding the tea and removes odors from the aging tea.

“odours”

  • …the corpse by sniffing the odours emanating from the tube.
  • …filtered to remove dust and odours, and released into the space…
  • The Gastronomic Value of Odours (1886)
  • …pollinators, that are attracted to odours resembling dung or rotting meat,…
  • …locate dung by detecting the odours produced by its volatile constituents.
  • …with colours and sounds and odours all directly affecting the senses,…
  • …drained and reeking with foul odours, thickly populated and miserably housed.’…
  • …oils each have characteristic woody odours which may change somewhat in…
  • …east wind—whose "living hues and odours" (12) evoke a strong contrast…
  • …redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones.

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