“Labeled” or “Labelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	labeled	labelled	Preference
United States	96	4	“labeled”
United Kingdom	38	62	“labelled”
India	22	78	“labelled”
Philippines	82	18	“labeled”
Canada	63	37	“labeled”
Australia	35	65	“labelled”
Liberia	52	48	“labeled”
Ireland	41	59	“labelled”
New Zealand	50	50	No clear preference
Jamaica	52	48	“labeled”
Trinidad & Tobago	46	54	“labelled”
Guyana	50	50	No clear preference

Usage

Examples in context

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

“labeled”

…in a game which was labeled as an upset by the…
…Portera at The Montgomery Advertiser labeled building the two interstates as…
…celebration of his Jewish heritage, labeled a "A Chanukah Celebration" with…
…as a mage and is labeled as "The Goddess of Magic".
In January 2007, eight men, labeled the San Francisco 8 were…
…the mouth of the creek labeled "Preest" and shows land grants…
Her sister was also labeled as a witch.
…varieties and a Botrytis Riesling labeled Noble Riesling.
…in Donetsk Oblast were consistently labeled as "separatists" and "terrorists" by…
…bishop of Rome, they were labeled by Rome as schismatics.

“labelled”

…a "must watch", while Sify.com labelled the film as a "rollicking…
…samples positive for erythropoietin were labelled as negative by WADA-approved laboratories.
…towards objects which have been labelled for their own sex, or…
…panel originally contained text that labelled the motifs, but they were…
It was still labelled a "Cinerama theater" until 1969,…
The processors were labelled "FasCache" to emphasize this feature…
…detecting the products to be labelled.
…between the old rivals was labelled "Hot Summer of 1993", a…
…published during World War II labelled the attack on Dureenbee to…
…basis, and the ceasefire was labelled "unworkable" and "impossible to implement".

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