Saying all those variations are "correct" is overly simplistic. The variations both exist but that really conveys no information to the discussion. Most newspapers and other publications , as well as writing all over the internet and elsewhere tends to standardize on one usage or the other in different countries.
In the case of check vs cheque, that is in essence 100% divided between US usage and usage elsewhere in British English. In other word you will never really see "cheque" in the US anywhere and in England you would rarely see "check" to refer to a negotiable bank instrument.
Blond is MUCH more rarely used than blonde here in the US, probably by 95% to 5%. Gray is another word that is used more here in America rather than grey to refer to the color. But you will see 'grey' pop up in certain terms like to refer to types of horses and in other obscure uses.
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Originally Posted by CDSmith
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