Omelet vs.

omelette
For the breakfast dish consisting of eggs that have been beaten, cooked until set, and
folded over, American publications prefer omelet, and this is the spelling
recommended by most American English reference sources. In all other main
varieties of English, the French spelling, omelette, is preferred.
These are the preferences shown in 21st-century edited writing, anyway. There’s no
rule saying Americans can’t prefer the French spelling or that British writers can’t
prefer the American one, and both spellings appear to varying degrees throughout
the English-speaking world.
Omelet is not American in origin. The word has actually had several English spellings
over the centuries—including aumulet, ammulet, omlet, and amelet, all found in the
OED’s historical examples—and omelet first appeared as long ago as the early 17th
century (before the U.S. existed). By the 19th century, however, much of the English-
speaking world had settled on the French spelling. Americans went a different
direction.