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12. The change of c into s:
| American | English |
| defense | defence |
| offense | offence |
| pretense | pretence |
| vise (a tool) | vice | |
13. The substitution of s for z:
| advertisement | advertizement |
| fuse | fuze | |
14. The substitution of k for c:
| mollusk | mollusc |
| skeptic | sceptic | |
15. The insertion of a supernumerary e:
| forego | forgo |
| foregather | forgather | |
16. The substitution of ct for x:
| connection | connexion |
| inflection | inflexion | |
17. The substitution of y for i:
| dryly | drily |
| gayety | gaiety |
| gypsy | gipsy |
| pygmy | pigmy | |
18. Miscellaneous differences:
| alarm (signal) | alarum |
| behoove | behove |
| brier | briar |
| buncombe | bunkum |
| catsup | ketchup |
| cloture | closure |
| cozy | cosy |
| cutlas | cutlass |
| czar | tsar |
| gasoline | gasolene |
| gray | grey |
| hostler | ostler |
| jail | gaol |
| maneuver | manœuvre |
| pedler | pedlar |
| show (verb) | shew |
| snicker | snigger |
| stenosis | stegnosis | |
| This list might be very much extended by including compounds and derivatives, e. g., coloured, colourist, colourless, colour-blind,
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