“Dueled” or “Duelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “dueled” and 1 prefer “duelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	dueled	duelled	Preference
United States	94	6	“dueled”
United Kingdom	50	50	No clear preference
India	0	0	Not enough data
Philippines	0	0	Not enough data
Canada	71	29	“dueled”
Australia	0	0	Not enough data
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	100	“duelled”
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.

“dueled”

…the champion or had previously dueled Jack.
The two drivers had dueled all season long and Hakkinen…
…7 March 2015, where he dueled against Kristin Amparo.
…mode, while Way and Jackson dueled each other on My Chemical…
Though he originally dueled for fun and to make…
…on the pole position and dueled with eventual winner Dan Wheldon…
…top of the lane and dueled outside of the leader throughout…
He and Jack Atlas dueled each other to earn their…
…Battle of Geonosis when he dueled with Count Dooku.
He dueled down the stretch with Commandeering…

“duelled”

…a tight wheel-to-wheel battle he duelled with Resta for almost three…
…the summer of 1976 they duelled for alternate weeks with AC/DC,…
…Chang'an, where Guo Si personally duelled Lü Bu.
…Boston Braves starter Charlie Robertson duelled for eighteen innings.
…and Král with whom he duelled for position.
…the Bombardment of Cherbourg and duelled with enemy shore batteries.
…2012 Chicago Marathon – he duelled against Tsegaye Kebede in the…
…his two remaining superiormen allies duelled it out against both Jinzha…
…most of the race, Brabham duelled for the lead with Lotus…
…lead whilst Brambilla and Regazzoni duelled.

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