Here you will find words which have different meanings or are spelled differently in British and American English.
| A-E | F-J | K-O | P-T | U-Z |
| British English - American English | ||||
| American English - British English | ||||
| British English | American English | F |
|---|---|
| fag | cigarette |
| fancy dress | costumes |
| Father Christmas | Santa Claus |
| favourite | favorite |
| to fill in | to fill out |
| filling station | gas station |
| film | film, movie |
| fire brigade | fire department |
| first floor | second floor |
| fish-fingers | fish-sticks |
| flannel | face cloth, wash cloth |
| flashlight | photoflash |
| flat | apartment (flat: eingeschossige Wohnung) |
| flavour | flavor |
| flyover | overpass |
| football | soccer |
| form | grade |
| fortnight | two weeks |
| fringe | bangs |
| from Monday to Friday | from Monday to Friday from Monday through Friday (Freitag eingeschlossen) |
| frying pan | skillet | G |
| gammon | ham |
| gangway | aisle |
| garden | yard |
| gear lever | gear shift |
| Gents | Men's Room |
| to give s.b. a lift | to give s.b. a ride |
| goods train | freight train |
| grammar school | high school |
| to grill | to broil |
| ground floor | first floor | H |
| hairdresser | barber shop |
| hairdresser | hairdresser, beauty shop |
| harbour | harbor |
| hard cooked egg | boiled egg |
| headmaster, head teacher | principal |
| high street | main street |
| to hire | to rent |
| hire purchase | instalment plan |
| hockey | field hockey |
| holiday | vacation |
| hoover | vaccum cleaner |
| humour | humor | I |
| ice-hockey | hockey |
| icing | frosting |
| icing sugar | powdered sugar |
| ill | nauseated |
| indicator | turn signal |
| injection | shot |
| insect | bug |
| interval | intermission |
| inverted commas, quotation marks | quotation marks |
| ironmonger | hardware store | J |
| jab | shot |
| jacket potato | baked potato |
| jam | jelly (no pieces in it) |
| jewellery | jewelery |
| Joe Bloggs | John Doe |
| jug | pitcher |
| jumble sale | rummage sale |
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