# splendor vs splendour

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### splendor
*noun · IPA /ˈsplɛndə/ · frequency rank #27,292*
Great light, luster or brilliance.

### splendour
*noun · IPA /ˈsplɛndɚ/ · frequency rank #31,774*
British, Canadian, Ireland, South Africa, Australian, and New Zealand standard spelling of splendor.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/splendor-vs-splendour