“Rumored” or “Rumoured”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “rumored” and 5 prefer “rumoured”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	rumored	rumoured	Preference
United States	95	5	“rumored”
United Kingdom	23	77	“rumoured”
India	37	63	“rumoured”
Philippines	95	5	“rumored”
Canada	58	42	“rumored”
Australia	34	66	“rumoured”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	20	80	“rumoured”
New Zealand	0	100	“rumoured”
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.

“rumored”

…2013, Nas confirmed that a rumored song "Sinatra in the Sands"…
…of Spain to investigate a rumored Northwest Passage in Alaska.
It is rumored that one or more pieces…
…fell in Indian administered Kashmir rumored to be a Sukhoi Su-30MKI.
The change was long rumored to have been the result…
…place in the Rharian Field, rumored to be the first spot…
…whose double entendre name was rumored to be well-earned.)
…RS5 (B9/F5), Audi S6 (C8, rumored ROW model), Audi S7 (C8/4K8,…
It has been rumored that Bonnie and Clyde used…
It is rumored that Piaf slept with a…

“rumoured”

…widely - but erroneously - rumoured to have been behind Blanket…
Initially rumoured to be titled Powerless, the…
…phantom ocean where treasured is rumoured to be hidden.
…and other tugs, taking a rumoured 3 million in gold currency…
…that for years have been rumoured to torment armed forces in…
…Guendouzi from Lorient for a rumoured £7 million a day later.
…in the UK and is rumoured to be signing a 2-year…
Johnny Rotten is rumoured to have signed with Virgin…
The movie was rumoured to be called Thanedaar –…
…both Mickey and Shasta are rumoured to have departed.

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