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The British use the French ending re eg: centre,fibrewhile the Americans use er ending as in center,meager.However in northern America/Canada with the French influence have retained the re ending(hard c& g ) eg:theatre,acre,massacre

Some British words by choice retain er ending in words like number,diameter,neuter,beleauger

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