Archeology and archaeology are both English terms.
Archeology is predominantly used in 🇺🇸 American (US) English (en-US
) while archaeology is predominantly used in 🇬🇧 British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB
).
In terms of actual appearance and usage, here's a breakdown by country, with usage level out of 100 (if available) 👇:
Term | US | UK | India | Philippines | Canada | Australia | Liberia | Ireland | New Zealand | Jamaica | Trinidad & Tobago | Guyana |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
archeology | 34 | 20 | 28 | 43 | 35 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 0 |
archaeology | 66 | 80 | 72 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 70 | 77 | 66 | 0 |
Below, we provide some examples of when to use archeology or archaeology with sample sentences.
(Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license.)