Variant spelling

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Noun phrase

variant spelling

1. A different spelling for a single word. Typically a US vs. UK or US vs. Commonwealth distinction.

   These are examples of words that have variant spellings:

• donut / doughnut
• catalog / catalogue
• buses / busses
• fuse / fuze
• gases / gasses
• monolog / monologue
• color / colour
• Shawn / Sean
• Stephen / Steven
• fantasy / phantasy
• meter / metre
• jail / gaol
• feces / faeces
• ketchup / catsup
• cigarette / cigaret
• connection / connexion