Elite Dangerous Wiki:Spelling

Spelling in articles has a preference for the British English variants of words to maintain consistency with the British based Frontier Developments' own words, in-game text and the wiki at large. Whilst it is not necessary to spell with British words, users are encouraged to fix typos and change synonyms to their British counterpart. If the word is loaned from another English language variant, but not officially recognised, it should be left alone unless a better word exists.

Reduce chances of misspelling

To reduce the chances of misspelling a word, whether it be a typo or a non-British variant of the word, having a browser with British English checked on their spell-checker will help out spot words that are mistakes with the red underline on words in the text editor of your choice. Your browser may give false positives for words, and if unsure should be left alone or googled, but generally speaking if it recommends to split a word into two with a hyphen between, it is usually a false report (e.g. multipurpose and multi-purpose).

Ships are gender neutral

In modern English, ships are grammatically gender-neutral ("it"). They are traditionally referred to with the feminine pronouns "she" or "her" as a longstanding cultural and maritime custom. However, modern style guides and formal writing strongly recommend using the gender-neutral pronoun "it".