“Modeled” or “Modelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “modeled” and 5 prefer “modelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	modeled	modelled	Preference
United States	95	5	“modeled”
United Kingdom	30	70	“modelled”
India	48	52	“modelled”
Philippines	78	22	“modeled”
Canada	55	45	“modeled”
Australia	27	73	“modelled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	36	64	“modelled”
New Zealand	41	59	“modelled”
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.

“modeled”

…Conquest of Space was closely modeled on the technical concepts of…
Pets, modeled after animals, mythical creatures, and…
…War II, the segregationist approach modeled in Morocco had been discredited…
…that Chinese society should be modeled around that of the early…
…is a national nonprofit organization modeled after the Federal Writers' Project…
…women competitions in 1973 were modeled after the pair skating short…
Simply designed and modeled after a civilian windbreaker made…
She has also modeled for Suze Randall's Suze.net and…
…elaborate workshop on Bailen Street, modeled after the ancient Temple of…
A modeled lightcurve using photometric data from…

“modelled”

The magazine was modelled on Time, Newsweek, Der Spiegel…
…Timothy Carey (actor) – was modelled and originally included but largely…
…into cruelty and barbarism, loosely modelled on real-life Eyam.
…replica A7V named "Wotan" but modelled substantially on "Mephisto" was built…
…addition to a signature instrument modelled after his 1961 Fender Jazz
In these models tasks are modelled by a Petri net, which…
…of the observable image is modelled as a random deformation from…
…in static gravitational equilibrium, as modelled by general relativity.
…example, the head is first modelled with a neutral expression and…
…staged its first Queen’s competition modelled on the British National Rifle…

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