“Councilors” or “Councillors”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “councilors” and 9 prefer “councillors”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	councilors	councillors	Preference
United States	65	35	“councilors”
United Kingdom	5	95	“councillors”
India	8	92	“councillors”
Philippines	96	4	“councilors”
Canada	10	90	“councillors”
Australia	9	91	“councillors”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	6	94	“councillors”
New Zealand	11	89	“councillors”
Jamaica	13	87	“councillors”
Trinidad & Tobago	0	100	“councillors”
Guyana	0	100	“councillors”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“councilors”

…Vice-President: Sulpicio P. Laurente & Councilors: Ciriaco Alba; Bartolome Alvar; Higino…
…affairs of state with his councilors, who took orders from her…
…many local officials from city councilors to county commissioners.
Councilors Irma Celones, Deby Espiritu-Reyes, Mark…
The other six City Councilors are voting members whose principal…
…elect a total of 114 councilors.
…Thorne persuades his fellow city councilors to declare Batman an outlaw.
As with mayor, councilors are elected for a 5-year
…of a mayor and six councilors.
…65 elected members known as councilors, or parshad in Hindi, representing…

“councillors”

Category:Prince Edward Island municipal councillors
…member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
…as an alderman by the councillors on 1 October 1930.
…has been represented by labour councillors since it was created in…
Almost all have been Privy Councillors.
Category:Local councillors in County Kildare
6 councillors sit on Reigate and Banstead…
…two wards each elect six councillors to Shaftesbury Town Council.
…member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting…

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