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“Medieval” or “Mediaeval”

Medieval is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while mediaeval 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, 12 prefer “medieval” and 0 prefer “mediaeval”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country medieval mediaeval Preference
United States 100 0 “medieval”
United Kingdom 99 1 “medieval”
India 85 15 “medieval”
Philippines 100 0 “medieval”
Canada 100 0 “medieval”
Australia 99 1 “medieval”
Liberia 100 0 “medieval”
Ireland 99 1 “medieval”
New Zealand 99 1 “medieval”
Jamaica 100 0 “medieval”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “medieval”
Guyana 100 0 “medieval”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“medieval”

  • "Mistaken Memories of Medieval Manhattan"
  • Medieval culture
  • People of Medieval Scotland 1093-1371 - Geoffrey de…
  • The Medieval Sourcebook has some sources relating…
  • …Tyrrhenian Sea, is a small medieval town with an ancient Ruffo's
  • - the early medieval fortification
  • The fictionalising medieval poem The Wallace ( 1477)…
  • The space is roofed by medieval vaulting through which only one…
  • …Castile, a Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.
  • …work was particularly popular in medieval Russia and Serbia.

“mediaeval”

  • …was integrated into the early mediaeval enceinte.
  • …display are: "Relics of Wroclaw's Mediaeval Architecture"; "Architectural Craft from the…
  • …Italians, some Sepharadim, and the mediaeval French Jewish rite) or on…
  • …described and was a well-known mediaeval subject.
  • …Gothic' forms with historically correct mediaeval detail, had passed by.
  • …of the members of Trio Mediaeval.
  • …current in the East during mediaeval times and is told at…
  • …Persian and Sufi from the mediaeval period.
  • Mediaeval isolated church of Larnas, chapels…
  • …known for its Norman and mediaeval castle built with Old Red

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