“Omelet” or “Omelette”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

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

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	omelet	omelette	Preference
United States	31	69	“omelette”
United Kingdom	5	95	“omelette”
India	19	81	“omelette”
Philippines	26	74	“omelette”
Canada	9	91	“omelette”
Australia	6	94	“omelette”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	3	97	“omelette”
New Zealand	6	94	“omelette”
Jamaica	24	76	“omelette”
Trinidad & Tobago	20	80	“omelette”
Guyana	0	100	“omelette”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“omelet”

Consists of omelet filled with sauteed shredded chicken…
…and omlet (Russian: ), an omelet distinguished from simple eggs by…
…- ketchup-flavored rice wrapped in omelet.
Article describing chiffonade of omelet to add to soup
…between the pancake and the omelet in Ottoman cuisine.
Tortilla de Huevos – An omelet made with diced tomatoes, cilantro,…
…Creations decide to add an omelet to the menu as an…
Spanish Omelet Bagel – existed during the…
…or chicken, bean sprouts, thin-sliced omelet, etc., and a cold sauce…
"Vegetable Omelet" – 0:37

“omelette”

…be confused with the Spanish omelette or any other egg based
12 egg omelette
…or Egg foo young, an omelette dish found in UK and…
…have included cooking a Spanish Omelette, learning to DJ, taking up…
…(khoresh), soup and āsh, and omelette.
Usuyaki-tamago: thinly cooked sweet omelette or custard
…in Iberian Spanish also means omelette.
…use of the "eggs and omelette" metaphor in reference to the…
…fluffy egg dishes such as omelette the silken tofu variety may…
…three sauces for two); and Omelette Rothschild.

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