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For words with alternative spellings, the British spelling comes first and the American spelling comes second.
- acceptable
- accidentally
- accommodate
- acquire
- acquit
- a lot (there is no such word as "alot")
- amateur
- apparent
- argument
- atheist
- believe
- calendar
- category
- cemetery
- changeable
- chaotic
- collectible
- column
- committed
- conscience
- conscientious
- conscious
- conensus
- daiquiri
- definite
- definitely
- disappear
- discipline
- drunkenness
- dumbbell
- embarrass
- embarrassment
- equipment
- exhilarate
- exceed
- existence
- experience
- fiery
- foreign
- fourth
- gauge
- generally
- grammar
- grateful
- guarantee
- harass
- height
- hierarchy
- humorous (not humourous, even in British spelling)
- ignorance
- immediate
- independent
- indispensable
- intelligence
- its (belonging to it) and it's (it is)
- jewellery — jewelry
- judgement
- kernel
- knowledge
- leisure
- liaison
- library
- licence — license
- lightning
- maintenance
- manoeuvre — maneuver
- memento
- millennium
- miniature
- minuscule
- mischievous
- misspell
- neighbour — neighbor
- noticeable
- occasion
- occasionally
- occur
- occurred
- occurrence
- official
- parallel
- parliament
- pastime
- personnel
- pigeon
- possession
- precede
- preferable
- principal (main, head of a school) and principle (fundamental truth)
- privilege
- pronunciation
- publicly
- questionnaire
- receive
- receipt
- recommend
- referred
- reference
- relevant
- religious
- restaurant
- ridiculous
- rhyme
- rhythm
- sandal
- schedule
- scissors
- sensible
- separate
- sergeant
- special
- success
- supersede
- to (expressing motion towards) and too (also) and two (2)
- threshold
- tomorrow
- their (belong to them) and they're (they are) and there (at that place)
- twelfth
- tyranny
- until
- vacuum
- vicious
- weather (rain etc) and whether (expressing doubt) and wether (castrated ram)
- weird
- you're (you are) and your (belonging to you)
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