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2. The reduction of duplicate consonants to single consonants:
| American | English |
| councilor | councillor |
| counselor | counsellor |
| fagot | faggot |
| jewelry | jewellery |
| net (adj.) | nett |
| traveler | traveller |
| wagon | waggon |
| woolen | woollen |
3. The omission of a redundant e:
| annex (noun) | annexe |
| asphalt | asphalte |
| ax | axe |
| form (printer's) | forme |
| good-by | good-bye |
| intern (noun) | interne |
| peas (plu. of pea) | pease |
| story (of a house) | storey |
4. The change of terminal -re into -er:
| caliber | calibre |
| center | centre |
| fiber | fibre |
| liter | litre |
| meter | metre |
| saltpeter | saltpetre |
| theater | theatre |
5. The omission of unaccented foreign terminations:
| catalog | catalogue |
| envelop[1] | envelope |
| epaulet | epaulette |
| gram | gramme |
| program | programme |
| prolog | prologue |
| toilet | toilette |
| veranda | verandah |
6. The omission of u when combined with a or o:
| balk (verb) | baulk |
| font (printer's) | fount |
| gantlet (to run the ) | gauntlet |
| mold | mould |
| molt | moult |
| mustache | moustache |
| stanch | staunch |
- ↑ The English dictionaries make a distinction between the verb, to envelop, and the noun, envelope. This distinction seems to be disappearing in the United States.
