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“Wagons” or “Waggons”

Language

Wagons and waggons are both English terms.

Usage

Wagons is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US) while waggons 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
wagons 100 97 100 100 100 99 0 100 100 0 100 0
waggons 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • In the United States, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In the United Kingdom, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (97 to 3).
  • In India, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In the Philippines, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In Canada, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In Australia, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (99 to 1).
  • In Liberia, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "wagons" and "waggons".
  • In Ireland, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In New Zealand, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In Jamaica, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "wagons" and "waggons".
  • In Trinidad & Tobago, there is a preference for "wagons" over "waggons" (100 to 0).
  • In Guyana, there is not enough data to determine a preference between "wagons" and "waggons".
Examples

Below, we provide some examples of when to use wagons or waggons with sample sentences.

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Examples in Context

Examples of “wagons”

  • with the aide of horse-drawn wagons and an experimental steam driven
  • Best Independent Country Album: Wagons – Rumble Shake and Tumble
  • Once again, wagons shared the Polara's 122 in/310
  • composed of two identical motor wagons.
  • his family travelled on coal wagons lined with carpets.
  • locomotives, railroad cars, coaches, and wagons.
  • similar to the rivetted Austauschbau wagons (Class Trier, from 1935: Saarbrücken).
  • or, in the most expensive wagons, the use of between 4-15
  • be able to pull 30 wagons up an incline and could
  • The open goods wagons of the Königsberg class, with

Examples of “waggons”

  • was used to transfer tramway waggons loaded with cargo between the
  • More coal waggons were bought and the loading
  • Appleby in bow top living waggons.
  • Road accidents were frequent, including waggons and coaches overturning, which made
  • truck transport by 110 tank waggons on the newly built Addis
  • States to suit long gondola waggons
  • and in particular the coal waggons, was met by the company
  • 2011, local clubs would decorate waggons with up to 200'000 flowers
  • utilised purpose built railway container waggons to transport most of the
  • 1813-14 and were hauling coal waggons from Wylam to Lemington.


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