Is It Yogurt or Yoghurt?

Yogurt (UK: /ˈjɒɡət/; US: /ˈjoʊɡərt/, from Turkish: yoğurt) also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt, is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yogurt are known as yogurt cultures.

How do the British spell yogurt?

Yoghurt is a variant spelling of yogurt that is common in British English. It can be used in all the same contexts as its American counterpart yogurt. ... In fact, the spellings yogurt and yoghurt roughly approximate each other in British English writing.

Why is yogurt spelled with an h?

Rather it just seems sensible to drop the "h" to avoid any unnecessary confusion." To back her case Miss Cheney cited evidence from the Oxford English Dictionary, which identifies the word as derived from Turkey, which introduced the dairy product to the world and spells it yogurt.