Is there a word to describe words that can be spelled different ways?
Is there a word in English to describe words that can be spelled more than one way?
For example:
- colour and color
- favourite and favorite
However, this shouldn't be limited to words spelled differently in different dialects, though I'm not sure what other case there would be.
Solution 1:
The word you are looking for is variant:
a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word
Dictionary.com
Wikipedia uses the term "spelling variant", which indicates more clearly that it is a difference in spelling, not pronunciation or form.