🌍 American vs British · spelling

tire vs tyre

The rubber ring fitted around a wheel of a vehicle.

American
tire

“I had to change a flat tire on the highway in the rain.”

British
tyre

“I had to change a flat tyre on the motorway in the rain.”

Good to know

Americans spell the wheel covering "tire," while Britons spell it "tyre." The verb meaning "to become weary" is spelled "tire" in both dialects, so the spelling split applies only to the vehicle part.

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