Changes: Memory Alpha:List of common misspellings

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This is a list of common misspellings. Please note that Memory Alpha uses American spellings exclusively. Most of the words on this list are not actually misspellings but rather the British version of the word. The misspelling is the first word, with the correct spelling contained in parentheses afterward. Note that British spellings of words in place names, titles, etc. are to be retained if that's how they were originally spelled.

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A

A.D. (AD)
advisor (adviser)
advisors (advisers)
alot (a lot)
analyse (analyze)
analysed (analyzed)
analysing (analyzing)
armour (armor)
armoured (armored)
authorise (authorize)
authorised (authorized)
authorises (authorizes)
authorisation (authorization)
authorisations (authorizations)

B

B.A. (BA)
B.C. (BC)
B.S. (BS)
behaviour (behavior)

C

cancelled (canceled)
cancelling (canceling)
centimetre (centimeter)
centre (center)
centres (centers)
civilisation (civilization)
civilisations (civilizations)
civilise (civilize)
civilised (civilized)
civilises (civilizes)
colonisation (colonization)
colonise (colonize)
colonised (colonized)
colonises (colonizes)
colonising (colonizing)
colour (color)
coloured (colored)
colourful (colorful)
colours (colors)
counselled (counseled)
counselling (counseling)
counsellor (counselor)
counsellors (counselors)

D

D.C. (DC)
defence (defense)
defences (defenses)
dialog (dialogue)

F

favour (favor)
favoured (favored)
favourite (favorite)
favourites (favorites)
favours (favors)
fibre (fiber)
fibres (fibers)
forcefield (force field)
forcefields (force fields)
fuhrer (führer)

H

harbour (harbor)
harboured (harbored)
harbours (harbors)
honour (honor)
honoured (honored)
honouring (honoring)
honours (honors)
humour (humor)

J

Jeffries tube (Jefferies tube)

K

kilometre (kilometer)
kilometres (kilometers)

L

labelled (labeled)
labelling (labeling)
labour (labor)
LaForge (La Forge)
licence (license)
licenced (licensed)
life-form (lifeform)
life-forms (lifeforms)
light-year (light year)
light-years (light years)
lightyear (light year)
lightyears (light years)
litre (liter)
litres (liters)

M

Marquis (Maquis)
materialise (materialize)
materialised (materialized)
materialises (materializes)
materialising (materializing)
metre (meter)
metres (meters)
M.D. (MD)
militarise (militarize)
militarised (militarized)
militarising (militarizing)
millenia (millennia)
millimetre (millimeter)
millimetres (millimeters)
moustache (mustache)
moustaches (mustaches)
M.A. (MA)
M.S. (MS)

N

neighbour (neighbor)
neighbours (neighbors)

O

offence (offense)
omelet (omelette)
onboard (on board)
organisation (organization)
organise (organize)
organised (organized)
organises (organizes)

P

Ph.D. (PhD)
practise (practice)
practised (practiced)
practises (practices)
practising (practicing)
programme (program)

R

realise (realize)
realises (realizes)
realised (realized)
realising (realizing)
recieve (receive)
recieved (received)
recieves (receives)
recieving (receiving)
recognise (recognize)
recognised (recognized)
recognising (recognizing)
Rodenberry (Roddenberry)
rumour (rumor)
rumoured (rumored)
rumours (rumors)

S

sceptical (skeptical)
shockwave (shock wave)
speciality (specialty)
specialities (specialties)
sympathise (sympathize)
sympathised (sympathized)

T

theatre (theater)
theatres (theaters)
theorise (theorize)
theorised (theorized)
theorises (theorizes)
travelled (traveled)
traveller (traveler)
travellers (travelers)
travelling (traveling)

U

utilise (utilize)
utilised (utilized)
utilises (utilizes)
utilising (utilizing)
U.S. (US)
U.S.A. (USA)
U.S.S. (USS)
U.S.S.R. (USSR)

W

whilst (while)

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-This is a list of common misspellings.  Please note that Memory Alpha uses American spellings, and most of these misspellings are the British versions of the words.  The misspelling is the first word, with the correct spelling contained in brackets afterward. Note that British spellings of words in place names, titles, etc. are to be retained if that's how they were originally spelled.
+This is a list of common misspellings. Please note that Memory Alpha uses American spellings exclusively. Most of the words on this list are not actually misspellings but rather the British version of the word. The misspelling is the first word, with the correct spelling contained in parentheses afterward. Note that British spellings of words in place names, titles, etc. are to be retained if that's how they were originally spelled.
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 == C ==
+* cancelled (canceled)
+* cancelling (canceling)
 * centimetre (centimeter)
 * centre (center)
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 * defence (defense)
 * defences (defenses)
+* dialog (dialogue)
 == F ==
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 * light-year (light year)
 * light-years (light years)
+* lightyear (light year)
+* lightyears (light years)
+* litre (liter)
+* litres (liters)
 == M ==
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 * metres (meters)
 * M.D. (MD)
+* militarise (militarize)
+* militarised (militarized)
+* militarising (militarizing)
+* millenia (millennia)
 * millimetre (millimeter)
 * millimetres (millimeters)
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 * practises (practices)
 * practising (practicing)
+* programme (program)
 == R ==
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 == S ==
+* sceptical (skeptical)
+* shockwave (shock wave)
 * speciality (specialty)
 * specialities (specialties)
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 == U ==
+* utilise (utilize)
+* utilised (utilized)
+* utilises (utilizes)
+* utilising (utilizing)
 * U.S. (US)
 * U.S.A. (USA)
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 * whilst (while)
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