“Leveled” or “Levelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “leveled” and 2 prefer “levelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	leveled	levelled	Preference
United States	98	2	“leveled”
United Kingdom	51	49	“leveled”
India	37	63	“levelled”
Philippines	77	23	“leveled”
Canada	67	33	“leveled”
Australia	52	48	“leveled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	48	52	“levelled”
New Zealand	62	38	“leveled”
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.

“leveled”

…destroyed churches have been entirely leveled with their masonry blasted into…
…top of the hill was leveled and lowered a further 15…
The explosion leveled the building and killed 75…
This criticism was leveled mainly at Laktionov’s trademark attention…
…wake of the decision, Perez leveled serious charges against the sport's…
In November 2009, prosecutors leveled money laundering charges at Stepczynski…
…Avenue, where several homes were leveled, and one was swept away…
…were severely damaged, several being leveled to the ground.
…point behind River Plate and leveled in points with Universidad de…
…press interviews, Myrons Captain Neal leveled criminal charges against the captains…

“levelled”

…a slope, but this was levelled out in 1951.
…Castle (Burg Landesehre), is a levelled hilltop castle near on the…
Denílson levelled the score in the 28th…
Israeli settlers under military escort levelled agricultural ground and uprooted trees…
Multiple actresses levelled accusations of Weinstein-like behaviour at…
…is similar to the critic levelled at development in developing countries…
The moats have been levelled.
…the early 1930s, it was levelled during the building of the…
…the station was infilled and levelled to build a rail yard.
…the name was possible from "levelled sown field".

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