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“Paleontology” or “Palaeontology”

Paleontology is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while palaeontology 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, 10 prefer “paleontology” and 0 prefer “palaeontology”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country paleontology palaeontology Preference
United States 99 1 “paleontology”
United Kingdom 77 23 “paleontology”
India 79 21 “paleontology”
Philippines 97 3 “paleontology”
Canada 87 13 “paleontology”
Australia 73 27 “paleontology”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 79 21 “paleontology”
New Zealand 82 18 “paleontology”
Jamaica 100 0 “paleontology”
Trinidad & Tobago 53 47 “paleontology”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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“paleontology”

  • …its collections, which include ichthyology, paleontology (both vertebrate and invertebrate), botany,…
  • …include the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the SVP Memoir Series, the…
  • …a professor of geology and paleontology at Princeton University.
  • …– Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857–1935) paleontology
  • Category:1974 in paleontology
  • Peters – Dieter Stefan Peters paleontology, including birds
  • In Paleontology department skeleton of a fossilized…
  • Lisa White (UC Museum of Paleontology)
  • Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 21(1):1-50
  • …W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology and the Director of the…

“palaeontology”

  • Philip J. Currie - palaeontology
  • Palaeontology 41(6):1201-1213
  • The Keeper of Palaeontology is a palaeontological academic position…
  • Linguistic Palaeontology
  • Evidence from geology and palaeontology
  • "Application of linguistic palaeontology amidst a mystery novel marked…
  • …book is not strong in palaeontology, which illustrates perfectly why Simpson's…
  • …for her important work on palaeontology and most specifically late Paleozoic…
  • …of popular books on geology, palaeontology, evolution and anthropology.
  • …earth science, ecology and environment, palaeontology, biological oceanology, and biotechnologies.

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