“Reconnoitering” or “Reconnoitring”

Language

Reconnoitering and reconnoitring are both English terms.

Usage

Reconnoitering is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while reconnoitring is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:

Term	US	UK	India	Philippines	Canada	Australia	Liberia	Ireland	New Zealand	Jamaica	Trinidad & Tobago	Guyana
reconnoitering	92	38	61	83	100	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
reconnoitring	8	62	39	17	0	72	0	0	100	0	0	0

• In the United States, there is a preference for "reconnoitering" over "reconnoitring" (92 to 8).
• In the United Kingdom, there is a 62 to 38 preference for "reconnoitring" over "reconnoitering".
• In India, there is a preference for "reconnoitering" over "reconnoitring" (61 to 39).
• In the Philippines, there is a preference for "reconnoitering" over "reconnoitring" (83 to 17).
• In Canada, there is a preference for "reconnoitering" over "reconnoitring" (100 to 0).
• In Australia, there is a 72 to 28 preference for "reconnoitring" over "reconnoitering".
• In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitering" and "reconnoitring".
• In Ireland, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitering" and "reconnoitring".
• In New Zealand, there is a 100 to 0 preference for "reconnoitring" over "reconnoitering".
• In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitering" and "reconnoitring".
• In Trinidad & Tobago, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitering" and "reconnoitring".
• In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "reconnoitering" and "reconnoitring".

Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use reconnoitering or reconnoitring with sample sentences.

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