[PW] Common word in British English shorter than American?

[JT Thompson]

>Just a quick one -
>
>Which common word in British English is shorter than its similarly 
>spelt counterpart in American English?
>
>The only one I can think of is perhaps that Americans oftens use of 
>instead of have...  as in "He would of seen that".  But this can't 
>be correct...  Any ideas?

Well, there are lots - to burgle instead of to burglarize, for 
instance. But how common is common? Fulfil instead of fulfill?

The 'of' usage is just a mistake, not an American usage.

In some (though not all) cases, British English will use a 'dreamt' 
instead of 'dreamed', 'leapt' instead of 'leaped', 'spoilt' instead 
of 'spoiled' and so on.

British English uses 'got' instead of 'gotten', but that's not really 
'similarly spelt', any more than 'to orient' as opposed to 'to 
orientate'.

It all depends on how common you mean by common.