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“Tricolor” or “Tricolour”

Tricolor is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while tricolour is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country tricolor tricolour Preference
United States 99 1 “tricolor”
United Kingdom 43 57 “tricolour”
India 39 61 “tricolour”
Philippines 98 2 “tricolor”
Canada 66 34 “tricolor”
Australia 42 58 “tricolour”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 34 66 “tricolour”
New Zealand 47 53 “tricolour”
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.

“tricolor”

  • Tipula tricolor
  • Erythrura tricolor (tricolored parrotfinch)
  • …(Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) and the tricolored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor), a species…
  • …does not use the Irish tricolor, but instead employs its own…
  • Species: Coladenia indrani (tricolor pied flat)
  • …a revolt starring the Italian tricolor cockade.
  • Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor),
  • …and lime sherbet flavor creme filling.
  • Epidesmia tricolor Duncan & Westwood, 1841
  • …lifted sections of the sunken Tricolor from the English Channel after…

“tricolour”

  • Tricolour and other tribands
  • …1922–23 Civil War regarded the tricolour as the flag of the…
  • The tricolour was immediately replaced, highlighting the…
  • …ensign, others sailed under the tricolour.
  • …symbolism, in Northern Ireland the tricolour, along with most other markers…
  • …National Flag of India, the tricolour with Ashoka's Dharma Chakra in…
  • …dates from September 1830 when tricolour cockades were worn at a…
  • …Mohammadabad and tried to hoist tricolour at tehsil building.
  • …(transparent clear/yellow/green) and 200 on grey/green.
  • …a mantle or in large patches.

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