Succor and succour are both English terms.
Succor is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while succour 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
succor | 85 | 20 | 29 | 46 | 65 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
succour | 15 | 80 | 71 | 54 | 35 | 68 | 0 | 80 | 70 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use succor or succour with sample sentences.
(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)