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“Moldy” or “Mouldy”

Moldy is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while mouldy 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 “moldy” and 4 prefer “mouldy”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country moldy mouldy Preference
United States 99 1 “moldy”
United Kingdom 26 74 “mouldy”
India 68 32 “moldy”
Philippines 91 9 “moldy”
Canada 83 17 “moldy”
Australia 31 69 “mouldy”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 32 68 “mouldy”
New Zealand 30 70 “mouldy”
Jamaica 100 0 “moldy”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “moldy”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“moldy”

  • However, the searchers found moldy war department documents in United…
  • …critic Kitty Empire called The Moldy Peaches "extremely amusing and often…
  • The Moldy Peaches (album)
  • …limited to two slices of moldy bread and a ration of…
  • …a book or paper becomes moldy, the fungi will digest its…
  • …the Reserved Mysteries should become moldy, they must still be consumed…
  • …more critical and said the Moldy Peaches tried to be funny…
  • …song "Jorge Regula" by The Moldy Peaches borrowed the main riff…
  • …1981), formerly member of The Moldy Peaches and now a solo
  • …but then he encounters "Musty Moldy Melvin" and his counterpart Greasy…

“mouldy”

  • …of Breitner's paintings as resembling mouldy wallpaper, although he did say…
  • "Mouldy Old Dough" – Stavely Makepeace…
  • …the cellar as "damp and mouldy", passing around a box of…
  • …in glass containers often goes mouldy.
  • …to form an edible, though mouldy, rind.
  • Mouldy Mink- (1972) Loan Shark financer…
  • The Mouldy Lovers
  • …on the show entitled "Morton's Mouldy Movies", in which Morton would…
  • …of the botanical specimens were mouldy and rotted, and ants ate…
  • …Hebrew Old Testament name meaning mouldy.

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