“Parceled” or “Parcelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 1 prefer “parceled” and 4 prefer “parcelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	parceled	parcelled	Preference
United States	59	41	“parceled”
United Kingdom	0	100	“parcelled”
India	37	63	“parcelled”
Philippines	31	69	“parcelled”
Canada	0	0	Not enough data
Australia	0	100	“parcelled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
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.

“parceled”

…to the City, and successfully parceled out residential lots to the…
…Yugoslavia, the local land was parceled and awarded by the royal…
The property was then parceled out, and the château was…
…three acts of the opera parceled out among three composers resident…
…and a loose framework for parceled four-power control.
…to the other, to be parceled out by that government to…
…went into combat and was parceled out to the various infantry…
There are 3,620 ejidos parceled out to 270,000 ejido members.
The lot was parceled into several separate garden areas,…
These partners parceled the land as 48 lots…

“parcelled”

…Chernigov, and Oleg's lands were parcelled out between Oleg, Davyd and…
…under HQ command, but usually parcelled out to the Brigades.
…debts, and the estate was parcelled off to the creditors.
…this was possible because they parcelled out the urban pieces of…
Durkee later parcelled out his holdings for residential
The gardens are parcelled and imbedded in the cubic…
…the river Norumbega, to be parcelled out under his authority (although…
The first possessió parcelled was Son Gual which is…
…of the Timurid Empire were parcelled off by Shah Rukh's descendants,…
…above the present square and parcelled it for sale (the area…

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