“Tires” or “Tyres”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “tires” and 7 prefer “tyres”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	tires	tyres	Preference
United States	100	0	“tires”
United Kingdom	10	90	“tyres”
India	10	90	“tyres”
Philippines	93	7	“tires”
Canada	99	1	“tires”
Australia	11	89	“tyres”
Liberia	51	49	“tires”
Ireland	9	91	“tyres”
New Zealand	13	87	“tyres”
Jamaica	46	54	“tyres”
Trinidad & Tobago	42	58	“tyres”
Guyana	65	35	“tires”

Usage

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

…plant in 1965 to produce tires for construction machinery, and for…
Noise of rolling tires driving on pavement is found…
…Exposures to Ground Up Rubber Tires - Athletic Fields, Playgrounds, Garden
…from used car and bicycle tires).
…stops and some for two tires.
…offered free air for inflating tires, as compressed air was already…
…party ends, they find the tires on their vehicle have been…
Cars with studded tires are generally required to contain…
Automobile kits typically contain vinyl tires, although sometimes these are molded…
He tires of them and escapes, making…

Vehicles without pneumatic tyres
…the foundation stone for Apollo Tyres' ₹1,800-crore tyre factory in Andhra
…initially forced to use intermediate tyres before switching later to dry-weather…
…closed by protestors who burned tyres, but they were eventually scattered…
…engine and raced on Goodyear tyres.
…and other racing parts, including tyres from a Formula Renault 2.0…
Despite using old tyres, Ilott drafted off another driver…
…toughened glass, and run flat tyres.
The six-wheeled 312T6 used four tyres at the rear, specially developed…
Cisthene tyres (Druce, 1897)

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