Catalog or catalogue?
In American English write catalog; in British and Commonwealth English, catalogue. catalog is a noun meaning “US standard spelling of catalogue”; catalogue is a noun meaning “A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) catalog is about as common as catalogue.
What is the difference between catalog and catalogue?
| catalog | catalogue | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | USUS standard spelling of catalogue | A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items To put into a catalogue |
| Example | none recorded | The accident followed a catalogue of errors |
| Forms | catalogs | catalogues |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/ /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/ /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/ |
| Region | US | US |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words | 8.1 times per million words |
Sources: catalog and catalogue in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of catalog and catalogue
catalog
- 1
USUS standard spelling of catalogue
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USUS standard spelling of catalogue
catalogue
- 1
A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc
- 2
To put into a catalogue
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A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items
- 4
To make a catalogue of
- 5
A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue
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To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue
- 7
A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery
- 8
to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, catalog or catalogue?
catalog appears 8.1 times per million words; catalogue 8.1 times per million words.
catalog 8.1 times per million wordscatalogue 8.1 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search catalog vs catalogue?
“catalog vs catalogue” is searched about 6,600 times a month on Google and 290 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“catalogue vs catalog”, “catalog or catalogue”).
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