“Leveling” or “Levelling”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 11 prefer “leveling” and 0 prefer “levelling”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	leveling	levelling	Preference
United States	98	2	“leveling”
United Kingdom	61	39	“leveling”
India	68	32	“leveling”
Philippines	95	5	“leveling”
Canada	88	12	“leveling”
Australia	72	28	“leveling”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	65	35	“leveling”
New Zealand	78	22	“leveling”
Jamaica	95	5	“leveling”
Trinidad & Tobago	92	8	“leveling”
Guyana	100	0	“leveling”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“leveling”

…members of Parliament, including one leveling seat.
…a similar way to the leveling system.
…135 mph (215 km/h) before leveling out in intensity.
…could either be earned through leveling up, completing the event game…
…album from their previous release Leveling the Plane of Existence.
…then repeated, until all 9 leveling seats have been allocated to…
…parliamentary election she won Hordaland's leveling seat, becoming her party's fourth…
Method for apportionment of leveling seats
…calculation process, after each additional leveling seat being won.
leveling of the -at allomorph of…

“levelling”

…to damaging cultural eclecticism and levelling.
…Levellers from their 1991 album Levelling the Land
…initially east by north-east before levelling out to due east once…
…name of Gwilym Cowlyd when levelling severe criticism at the Gorsedd…
…of France is employed when levelling the surface of areas or
…Mountain for about another before levelling out on top of Jellico…
Following the earlier levelling of Coventry Castle, the area…
Pet has its own levelling system.
…before the break, with Rennes levelling a minute later through Benjamin
…interlock on a microwave oven, levelling and safety switches in elevators,…

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