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“Counseled” or “Counselled”

Counseled is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while counselled is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “counseled” and 5 prefer “counselled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country counseled counselled Preference
United States 75 25 “counseled”
United Kingdom 24 76 “counselled”
India 40 60 “counselled”
Philippines 67 33 “counseled”
Canada 37 63 “counselled”
Australia 25 75 “counselled”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 0 Not enough data
New Zealand 0 100 “counselled”
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.

“counseled”

  • Heese had spiritually counseled the Dutch and Afrikaner victims…
  • Carlos is a youth counseled by Maggie Burroughs who was…
  • His elder brother Samuel counseled him to finish his statutory…
  • …family, stated that he had counseled Rodger on approaching and befriending…
  • …knew him," as he "taught, counseled, and cajoled – using all…
  • Though Lauer counseled caution, the victory elated the…
  • A licensed psychotherapist (Hina Khan) counseled the family through their relationship…
  • He openly counseled American non-intervention in the Japanese…
  • Byrnes had earlier counseled Carr against permitting the scouts…
  • …for the first time and counseled the boy of the responsibilities…

“counselled”

  • …of Lothlórien, where they are counselled by its rulers, Galadriel and
  • Ea counselled him not to eat or…
  • …asylum seekers, as some have counselled us to do."
  • …when the prelate, who had counselled subjection, supplicantly cast himself on…
  • He counselled resistance, exhorted their aid, and…
  • …nearly 40-year career, Weber has counselled many of the world's leading…
  • …his proudest moment, Demosthenes alone counselled against despair, and proposed that…
  • …doctor by the lake" he counselled patients on moderation in their…
  • …significant minority of parliamentarians had counselled Patel to avoid this dramatic…
  • Sir Redmond was counselled by his medical adviser to…

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