“Penciled” or “Pencilled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “penciled” and 5 prefer “pencilled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	penciled	pencilled	Preference
United States	82	18	“penciled”
United Kingdom	31	69	“pencilled”
India	49	51	“pencilled”
Philippines	100	0	“penciled”
Canada	64	36	“penciled”
Australia	34	66	“pencilled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“pencilled”
New Zealand	0	100	“pencilled”
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.

“penciled”

…by Brian Michael Bendis and penciled by David Finch, was dated…
…1948), both of which he penciled and the latter of which…
Front cover penciled by Neal Adams, with inks…
…written by Mike Mignola and penciled by Matthew Dow Smith, was…
…"If I Had Three Wishes", penciled by Ditko, in Ghostly Tales…
Handa-Bhonda was initially penciled and inked by Debnath and…
Their eyebrows were penciled, they wore lipstick and their…
…also contained short backup pieces penciled by Southworth and inked by…
He penciled an issue of Hawkman (vol.
…the future Marvel Comics, he penciled the seven-page romance comic story…

“pencilled”

…written by Mark Millar and pencilled by Dave Johnson, Andrew Robinson,…
…newspaper reports, his statements were pencilled in his own hand and…
…constructed of oversized bricks with pencilled mortar joints.
…written by Steve Englehart and pencilled by Joe Staton.
His return was initially pencilled in for September or October…
…pencilling, Kremer contributed animation storyboards, pencilled, inked and coloured most of…
…written by Paul Levitz, and pencilled primarily by Greg LaRocque, Larry…
…first monthly assignment, Deadpool, initially pencilled by Ed McGuinness.
…written by Peter David and pencilled by Pascal Alixe.
He has also pencilled books, such as his creation…

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