“Panelists” or “Panellists”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 8 prefer “panelists” and 0 prefer “panellists”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	panelists	panellists	Preference
United States	99	1	“panelists”
United Kingdom	73	27	“panelists”
India	86	14	“panelists”
Philippines	95	5	“panelists”
Canada	92	8	“panelists”
Australia	70	30	“panelists”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	80	20	“panelists”
New Zealand	100	0	“panelists”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“panelists”

Audience members and panelists discussed possible steps to be…
…Matt White to host alongside panelists Josh Gibson and Laurie Daley.
…one of the talent show's panelists and the producer who offered…
…presents the final opportunity for panelists to share their final thoughts…
…is joined weekly by four panelists to discuss current issues in
The four official panelists as of January 2008 are…
…would draw sketches that celebrity panelists would try to identify.
…1952–1953 Quiz show with the panelists attempting to guess a location…
Panelists on the show have included:
…upon the quality of the panelists' comments.

“panellists”

Panellists for this series were Doc…
…thing that's unpredictable are the panellists' answers.
…was one of the original panellists when the long-running The AFL…
Panellists for this series are Iain…
Some of the panellists were Michiel Kolman, a senior…
Panellists for this series were Hugh…
…end of the show the panellists have to have devised their
…never encountering HNIC's hosts and panellists.
…Love or Money with regular panellists such as antique dealer Peter
Panellists for this series were Bob…

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