Which is correct, 'catalog' or 'catalogue'?
In American English, ‘catalog’ is the most common spelling. In British English, ‘catalogue’ is the preferred spelling.
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Use of ‘catalog’ and ‘catalogue’ in American English
This Ngram indicates the use of ‘catalog’ and ‘catalogue’ in American books, journals, and magazines. As you can see, the use of ‘catalog’ has been gaining in popularity for over 100 years to the detriment of‘catalogue’.Use of of ‘catalog’ and ‘catalogue’ in British English
This Ngram indicates the use of ‘catalog’ and ‘catalogue’ in British books, journals, and magazines. As you can see, ‘catalogue’ is, and always has been, the preferred spelling in British English.Examples of the use of catalog
- In 2006, RPGnet added a Gaming Index, a catalog of RPGs added by users.
- Columbia reissued the LP, again in simulated stereo, with the catalog number C 33183.
- Where applicable, Place pages are linked to Family History Library Catalog, and Wikipedia.
- It uses spectroscopy from the regularly updated GEISA spectral line data catalog.
- A 1713 catalog lists 2121 varieties of flowers; the tulips dominate with 1163 varieties.
- The catalog was first published in 1289.
- Metadata is added to a catalog using the MSC-DMS format.
- Metadata components are described using MSC-DMS and stored in the catalog as metacards.
- Méchain then communicated his discovery to Charles Messier, who listed the galaxy in his catalog.
- Although no longer in the catalog, it can easily be found on on-line stores.
Examples of the use of catalogue
- It would be a hopeless, endless task to catalogue all these things.
- One catalogue survives and lists the items by room.
- In Spring 2004, Radu Almășan, the band's main composer, signed the band's catalogue to EMI Publishing.
- The first volumes of the Erler catalogue were based mainly on the author's own collections and a 1961 work by John Norton.
- It seems to be a catalogue of the Stamps of Germany.
- Work continued on the catalogue and the second edition was published in four volumes.
- The latest picture of Rosa was found on the cover of her school's class catalogue.
- Like other songs in the band's catalogue, "Whatever" preaches the importance of being yourself.
- Both versions bear the same catalogue number despite these differences.
- At age 7 he was compiling a truck catalogue, and at age 16, an encyclopedia.
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns the song catalogue today.
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