“Plows” or “Ploughs”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “plows” and 4 prefer “ploughs”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	plows	ploughs	Preference
United States	99	1	“plows”
United Kingdom	30	70	“ploughs”
India	37	63	“ploughs”
Philippines	92	8	“plows”
Canada	96	4	“plows”
Australia	45	55	“ploughs”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	16	84	“ploughs”
New Zealand	59	41	“plows”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

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

Many plows became stuck in the snow…
…the number of 16" width plows they could pull in average…
…cultivation using horse collar leveraged plows (3000 years ago) increased cereal…
A total of 1,444 snow plows and 3,629 operators and supervisors…
ãria '[he] plows', not *ária).
Hundreds of plows were on the road.
…underground construction equipment: trenchers, vibratory plows, horizontal directional drilling systems, drill…
…a source for trenchers, vibratory plows, horizontal directional drilling systems, drill…
…the division engineers and their plows out of the Iron Triangle…
…operations, as well as steel plows, but recognized that climate issues…

…found by Janak as he ploughs the field to stop the
…land and land for 10 ploughs.
…and 10 smallholders with 14 ploughs and 1 1/2 hides.
…several patents for improvements in ploughs.
…an assembly hall, hut for ploughs, a lofty stairway up a…
Always 2 ploughs; meadow, .
Products included ploughs and seed drills.
…cut soil over (in regular ploughs the curved mouldboard both cuts…
Besides tractors, these include ploughs, harrows, drills, transplanters, cultivators, irrigation…
There is land for 6 ploughs.

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