united-kingdom
Is there an official UK law that gives the spelling of each word?
<p>Is there an official UK law that gives the spelling of each word?</p>

<p>For example, in the Netherlands, there is a spelling law (Spellingswet), and they also publish the Green Booklet to make it accessible to the people. </p>

<p>I wonder if there is a similar thing for British English. </p>

<p>No. English is not government-regulated. That's why the Oxford English Dictionary (arguably the most authoritative dictionary out there) uses different spellings than most of the UK does. </p>
