“Reconnoitered” or “Reconnoitred”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “reconnoitered” and 1 prefer “reconnoitred”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	reconnoitered	reconnoitred	Preference
United States	100	0	“reconnoitered”
United Kingdom	39	61	“reconnoitred”
India	72	28	“reconnoitered”
Philippines	0	0	Not enough data
Canada	100	0	“reconnoitered”
Australia	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“reconnoitered”

Though Lee personally reconnoitered his left during the morning,…
In 1862 Chernyaev reconnoitered the river as far as…
She reconnoitered the river below the bar…
…a deelgemeente of Érezée), he reconnoitered the German lines alone, killed…
…and no one had personally reconnoitered the area.
Harder reconnoitered Tawi-Tawi anchorage 11 June and…
It was reconnoitered by the New Zealand Antarctic…
This section also reconnoitered new site and established the…
…of the peninsula, only recently reconnoitered by Gaspar de Portolá and…
…mouth of Archershape Creek and reconnoitered the then abandoned riverside artillery…

“reconnoitred”

…defensive position he had personally reconnoitred the previous year at Mont-Saint-Jean…
…think that if I had reconnoitred Aden first, I would not…
…direction and area to be reconnoitred are changed.
…later records of the event, reconnoitred and reinforced a neighbouring spur…
…XXX Corps' armoured car regiment, reconnoitred the flanks.
…approximately 23:00, an SAS team reconnoitred the roof of the embassy.
…June, the 1st Rifle Brigade reconnoitred the first of the route.
Verudgo reconnoitred the position but found the…
…by a sniper as he reconnoitred the front line during an…
“Sultan reconnoitred the opposing army from an…

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