“Archeology” or “Archaeology”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	archeology	archaeology	Preference
United States	34	66	“archaeology”
United Kingdom	20	80	“archaeology”
India	28	72	“archaeology”
Philippines	43	57	“archaeology”
Canada	35	65	“archaeology”
Australia	26	74	“archaeology”
Liberia	25	75	“archaeology”
Ireland	24	76	“archaeology”
New Zealand	30	70	“archaeology”
Jamaica	23	77	“archaeology”
Trinidad & Tobago	34	66	“archaeology”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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“archeology”

…ornithology, environmental archaeology, historical archaeology, archeology of the Caribbean and Florida,…
…was declared unsafe by the Archeology Department and the Roads and…
…transferred to the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology of the University…
…site in northern Iraq"; Soviet Archeology; 1979:117-32
Scientific findings, experimental archeology and modern museum education can…
…a photographer working for advertising, archeology and artistic director of the…
…recent years the Department of Archeology has listed it as an…
He conducts experimental archeology and edits four scientific journals.
…2d's work focused on Andean archeology, pre-Columbian art and for almost…
…[previous] viewpoint of history and archeology.

“archaeology”

…herpetology, malacology, mammalogy, ornithology, environmental archaeology, historical archaeology, archeology of the…
…practice well attested in the archaeology of Formative period Mesoamerica.
…Athens in 1901 to study archaeology.
Archaeology in West Virginia
…the other at the İstanbul Archaeology Museums (code D111.6), are nearly…
…from the Society for Historical Archaeology in 2002.
…Archive for Hessian History and Archaeology, volume 11, privately published by…
…Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship" in archaeology.
…Brainard Spooner, Deputy Director-General of Archaeology in India.
…a variety of subjects including: archaeology, art, astronomy, geology, history, natural…

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