| 词组 | words with alternative spellings |
| 释义 | words with alternative spellings The following words can be spelled in two ways. The commonest spelling is given first. acknowledgement - acknowledgment, adrenalin - adrenaline, adviser - advisor, ambience - ambiance, annex - annexe, artefact - artifact, balk - baulk, banister - bannister, by-law - bye-law, caffeine - caffein, carcass - carcase, castor - caster, caviar - caviare, chaperone - chaperon, chilli - chili, cipher - cypher, conjurer - conjuror, connection - connexion, curtsy - curtsey, dexterous - dextrous, dispatch - despatch, douse - dowse, duffel coat - duffle coat, dyke - dike, forego - forgo, gram - gramme, grandad - granddad, granny - grannie, guerrilla - guerilla, gypsy - gipsy, hiccup - hiccough, hippie - hippy, hooray - hurray, icon - ikon, impostor - imposter, inflection - inflexion, jibe - gibe, judgement - judgment, kilogram - kilogramme, likeable - likable, liquorice - licorice, mackintosh - macintosh, mantelpiece - mantlepiece, milligram - milligramme, movable - moveable, Muslim - Moslem, nosy - nosey, OK - okay, phoney - phony, saccharine - saccharin, sheikh - sheik, siphon - syphon, swap - swop, veranda - verandah 'Racket' can be spelled 'racquet' when used to refer to a bat with strings which is used for playing a game such as tennis or squash. Two words have alternative spellings in British English only: jail -- gaol, wagon -- waggon In American English, the spellings 'jail' and 'wagon' are used. Two words have three possible spellings: hello -- hallo -- hullo, yoghurt -- yoghourt -- yogurt ◊ '-ise' and '-ize' Many verbs can end in either '-ise' or '-ize'. For information on this, see section on '-ise' and '-ize' in entry at Spelling. For information on differences between British and American spellings, see entry at Spelling. |
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