“Crenelated” or “Crenellated”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 0 prefer “crenelated” and 6 prefer “crenellated”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	crenelated	crenellated	Preference
United States	25	75	“crenellated”
United Kingdom	21	79	“crenellated”
India	14	86	“crenellated”
Philippines	14	86	“crenellated”
Canada	27	73	“crenellated”
Australia	0	100	“crenellated”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“crenelated”

Stamens are surrounded by a crenelated disc nectary.
…a moorish garrison exhibiting a crenelated parapet, horseshoe arches with simplified…
…left, a castle with a crenelated bridge ; a cavalier is…
…eye motifs and the distinctive crenelated device.
The turrets have crenelated parapets and loophole vertical gun
…tower with square plan and crenelated moulding, originally a watch tower,…
…opening, stone surrounds, and a crenelated parapet.
…typically a tall, square, stone-built, crenelated building.
It also features a crenelated parapet and turrets.
…doors and windows, buttresses, a crenelated roof-line, and a small Gothic…

“crenellated”

Flat roof towers crenellated on the corners
The original house was crenellated by Sir Thomas Wykeham in
In 1842-43 the uppermost crenellated parts were replaced with the…
…and shape and crowned with crenellated parapets.
…quadrangle courtyard, terminating in a crenellated bay window with stained lead
…is built in a picturesque, crenellated English Gothic style, with an…
…the walls incorporate buttresses, parapets, crenellated moulding, corbelled stonework and crenellated…
…parapeted gables, longitudinal ridgelines, and crenellated octagonal towers, has been masked…
…figures of saints in niches, crenellated buttresses, animals and poppyheads.
…of Ichan Kala are its crenellated brick walls and four gates,…

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