“Archeologist” or “Archaeologist”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 0 prefer “archeologist” and 11 prefer “archaeologist”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	archeologist	archaeologist	Preference
United States	28	72	“archaeologist”
United Kingdom	20	80	“archaeologist”
India	16	84	“archaeologist”
Philippines	48	52	“archaeologist”
Canada	33	67	“archaeologist”
Australia	24	76	“archaeologist”
Liberia	0	100	“archaeologist”
Ireland	12	88	“archaeologist”
New Zealand	22	78	“archaeologist”
Jamaica	19	81	“archaeologist”
Trinidad & Tobago	0	100	“archaeologist”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“archeologist”

PJ Perquin, another Dutch archeologist, studied Ngawen in 1925 and…
Jacques de Morgan, French geologist, archeologist and discoverer of the Hammurabi
In 1982 archeologist Dean Snow said that evidence…
However, LDS archeologist John Sorenson believes it to…
…was the daughter of the archeologist Alexander Conze.
…become the first Vietnamese woman archeologist.
…the son of politician and archeologist Konstantinos Karapanos.
The English artist and archeologist, Kenneth C. Murray, pioneered modern…
Eulalia Guzmán, archeologist and teacher (2005)
…2005, Bucharest) was a Romanian archeologist, amphorologist and numismat.

“archaeologist”

Archaeologist can also sample randomly within…
…archaeological excavations carried out by archaeologist A.Sampson and archaeologists of the…
…artist, art critic, historian and archaeologist, well known as an author…
…out on its behalf by archaeologist Srečko Brodar, starting in 1928…
American archaeologist Nelson Glueck caused a surge…
1956), archaeologist
Neil Oliver (1967–), archaeologist, historian & author
…expedition led by the Georgian archaeologist Ekvtime Taqaishvili.
…Coyoacán, Mexico) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist specialised in pre-Aztec…
1946), British prehistoric archaeologist

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