“Paleontologist” or “Palaeontologist”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 10 prefer “paleontologist” and 0 prefer “palaeontologist”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	paleontologist	palaeontologist	Preference
United States	100	0	“paleontologist”
United Kingdom	86	14	“paleontologist”
India	91	9	“paleontologist”
Philippines	98	2	“paleontologist”
Canada	96	4	“paleontologist”
Australia	86	14	“paleontologist”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	88	12	“paleontologist”
New Zealand	84	16	“paleontologist”
Jamaica	100	0	“paleontologist”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“paleontologist”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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“paleontologist”

1847 – Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b.
American paleontologist Tony Farms (Walter George Alton)…
The specific name honors the paleontologist Arthur Cruickshank (1932–2011), who with…
…he agrees to help wealthy paleontologist Richard Levine plan an expedition…
…Pitty Couthouy, American commander and paleontologist (b.
Elisabeth Vrba (born 1942), American paleontologist at Yale University
He is the first paleontologist to have helped develop not…
…Petronijević (1875–1954), Serbian philosopher and paleontologist
In the 1940s, American paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson coined the…
…essay by the French philosopher, paleontologist and Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard…

“palaeontologist”

She is married to palaeontologist Tom Rich.
…Donoghue FRS is a British palaeontologist and Professor of Palaeobiology at…
Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990), Canadian palaeontologist
William Buckland, geologist and palaeontologist
…– 12 April 1898), German palaeontologist and geologist, was born at…
In 1986, American palaeontologist Paul Sereno supported the relationship…
She married the Scottish palaeontologist Ramsay Heatley Traquair on 5…
…in his honour by the palaeontologist Richard Köhler.
…was an American zoologist and palaeontologist.
…Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869), German palaeontologist, see m:de:Hermann von Meyer

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