🌍 American vs British · spelling

catalog vs catalogue

A complete, often printed list of items, products, or records arranged systematically.

American
catalog

“Browse the spring catalog to see which items are on sale this month.”

British
catalogue

“Browse the spring catalogue to see which items are on sale this month.”

Good to know

Americans often drop the "-ue" to write "catalog," while British English keeps the fuller "catalogue." The same shortening appears in American "dialog" and "analog" versus British "dialogue" and "analogue."

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