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Ok so I did the American spelling test thing and it says league is the American spelling. So what's it in English?
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League.

There is no difference in the spelling for this one.
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Um... It's league in both AmE and BrE...
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Ok cool, that's what I thought. Quiz trying to throw me
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It's trying to throw you as many words that end in -gue in British English (dialogue/analogue) end in -g in American English (dialog/analog), but not this one. Glad we didn't catch you out.
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