-ER / -RE Spelling Pairs — Words Only

Root words of 9 letters or fewer with two valid spellings that differ only by ER versus RE

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86 words

SEER SERE EAGER EAGRE FIBER FIBRE LITER LITRE METER METRE MITER MITRE NITER
NITRE OCHER OCHRE OMBER OMBRE SABER SABRE TITER TITRE BISTER BISTRE CENTER
CENTRE GOITER GOITRE LOUVER LOUVRE LUSTER LUSTRE MAUGER MAUGRE ZAFFER ZAFFRE
CALIBER CALIBRE DIOPTER DIOPTRE MACABER MACABRE PHILTER PHILTRE PIASTER PIASTRE
SALTIER SALTIRE SCEPTER SCEPTRE SPECTER SPECTRE THEATER THEATRE UNMITER UNMITRE
ACCOUTER ACCOUTRE BAYADEER BAYADERE CADASTER CADASTRE DECENTER DECENTRE
DECALITER DECALITRE DECILITER DECILITRE DECIMETER DECIMETRE DEKALITER DEKALITRE
DEKAMETER DEKAMETRE EPICENTER EPICENTRE KILOLITER KILOLITRE KILOMETER KILOMETRE
MANOEUVER MANOEUVRE SALTPETER SALTPETRE SEPULCHER SEPULCHRE

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