“Jails” or “Gaols”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 9 prefer “jails” and 0 prefer “gaols”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	jails	gaols	Preference
United States	98	2	“jails”
United Kingdom	81	19	“jails”
India	91	9	“jails”
Philippines	85	15	“jails”
Canada	94	6	“jails”
Australia	84	16	“jails”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	82	18	“jails”
New Zealand	100	0	“jails”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“jails”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

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

…being placed in institutions like jails and almshouses.
…the state, funding libraries, maintaining jails and hospitals, and waste disposal.
…Americans who are in local jails awaiting trial, many are there…
County jails
…Singapore to relieve overcrowded Indian jails.
…women's cells at the second-story level.
…internet microservices providers with Linux jails provide SAAS/PAAS (shell containers, proxy,…
…of the UK's "top security jails", and that the prisoners included…
…greater number of patients in jails and almshouses than could be…
Nonetheless, some jails screen anyway, since jail suicides…

…Present State of the Common Gaols of Canada, 1864
…Present State of the Common Gaols of Canada; the individual separation…
…buildings including courthouses, registry offices, gaols & lockups, schools and colleges,…
…amend the law relating to gaols, prisons, houses of correction and…
…and in protesting at the gaols where prisoners were on hunger-strike.
Bathurst and Goulburn gaols were almost identical in plan.
…one of the two Maclean-inspired gaols in NSW which best incorporated…
NSW established gaols in Berrima (1836), Cockatoo Island…
5 Hulks and Gaols Act 30 June 1828
…were also used as temporary gaols (jails) for convicts being transported…

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