“Chiseled” or “Chiselled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “chiseled” and 0 prefer “chiselled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	chiseled	chiselled	Preference
United States	98	2	“chiseled”
United Kingdom	79	21	“chiseled”
India	76	24	“chiseled”
Philippines	92	8	“chiseled”
Canada	93	7	“chiseled”
Australia	78	22	“chiseled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	100	0	“chiseled”
New Zealand	88	12	“chiseled”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“chiseled”

…. a tough but sensitively chiseled nose and faunlike mouth surrounded…
Gosdin's "Chiseled in Stone", co-written with Barnes,…
Two chiseled grooves about one foot apart…
…marine life were being hammered, chiseled, and even dynamited from the…
…cross potent formy with decorative chiseled border and with inset white…
…of the power station was chiseled out of blocks pulled from…
…wholly responsible for the sculpted, chiseled look of many celebrities and…
…the church's construction were chiefly chiseled stones welded together using mortar
…with style: love of learning chiseled the man.
…obtain the high, contoured and chiseled cheekbones they have.

“chiselled”

…names now had to be chiselled; over in Roßbach, the 1931…
…and artists; it has been chiselled, painted, described and sung about…
…amorphous verse into more sharply chiselled measures."
…Armenian sculptor Levon Tokmadjian, who chiselled them on site, at the…
…is covered with carved and chiselled mythological figures of all sizes.
…emperor Alexander Severus (died 235) chiselled off.
…dries hard and can be chiselled away with a knife afterwards…
Dankanacharya chiselled the place where the flaw…
…of the presiding deity being chiselled away, the daily rituals have…
…whipped his face, icy gales chiselled the warmth from his body…

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