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“Initialed” or “Initialled”

Initialed is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while initialled 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, 4 prefer “initialed” and 3 prefer “initialled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country initialed initialled Preference
United States 73 27 “initialed”
United Kingdom 35 65 “initialled”
India 57 43 “initialed”
Philippines 100 0 “initialed”
Canada 65 35 “initialed”
Australia 49 51 “initialled”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 0 Not enough data
New Zealand 0 100 “initialled”
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.

“initialed”

  • …which the letter D is initialed from his name.
  • The border treaty was initialed in 1999.
  • …late 2001, and both sides initialed the accord in January 2002,…
  • …under the name OL Groupe, initialed OLG.
  • …Compact of Free Association was initialed by negotiators in 1980 and…
  • …the intervening pages are only initialed.
  • At first these were simply initialed 'M.,' and have been tentatively…
  • Robert Allott (initialed "R.
  • Saudi Arabia and Iran initialed an agreement defining their undersea…
  • …examination of mine survey plans (initialed and dated) reflect his seminal…

“initialled”

  • …canvas, which can also be initialled or adorned with stripes in…
  • Syria initialled an EMAA in 2008, however…
  • The Washington Declaration was initialled one day after the Oslo…
  • …Barin had written in 1907, initialled "A.G." proclaiming the time for…
  • …text of the agreement was initialled between South Korea and the…
  • …France, Britain, Germany and Italy initialled the Four-Power Pact in Rome,…
  • Syria EMAA (initialled in 2008, however signing has…
  • …Mozambique and Lesotho (both LDCs) initialled the SADC EU Interim EPA…
  • The AA was initialled at the summit, and signed…
  • …the airfield, wrote "£250,000" and initialled it "L.J.S."

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