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“Molds” or “Moulds”

Molds is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while moulds 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, 6 prefer “molds” and 5 prefer “moulds”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country molds moulds Preference
United States 97 3 “molds”
United Kingdom 30 70 “moulds”
India 36 64 “moulds”
Philippines 94 6 “molds”
Canada 88 12 “molds”
Australia 36 64 “moulds”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 35 65 “moulds”
New Zealand 39 61 “moulds”
Jamaica 76 24 “molds”
Trinidad & Tobago 79 21 “molds”
Guyana 100 0 “molds”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“molds”

  • …and development of fungi, slime molds, and plants.
  • …it is in fact what molds together social life.
  • …by, Seeta works hard and molds his brother Raju (N. T.…
  • The molds were often made of bronze,…
  • …leading to conflict with the molds.
  • The molds sit for a period of…
  • …where they commonly grow as molds on the surface of a…
  • The plastic molds in which the concrete slabs…
  • …often used to top off molds.
  • Silicon master molds can be used up to…

“moulds”

  • …imported pottery and motif-pieces and moulds for the manufacture of fine…
  • …modeller and maker of block moulds for the production of wares…
  • …Mall, from 18 April-22 July 2018.
  • …and multiple casting with permanent moulds.
  • …penetrates their minds more and moulds, forms, and persuades them".
  • …wares as well as block moulds.
  • …designer and maker of block moulds for the more elaborate types…
  • …in the social insects, slime moulds, social spiders, human society, and…
  • The Bolshoi Theatre: Christopher Moulds, Conductor
  • …drachma notes based on old moulds, which De La Rue refused…

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