“Reveled” or “Revelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “reveled” and 0 prefer “revelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	reveled	revelled	Preference
United States	87	13	“reveled”
United Kingdom	56	44	“reveled”
India	72	28	“reveled”
Philippines	100	0	“reveled”
Canada	70	30	“reveled”
Australia	57	43	“reveled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	60	40	“reveled”
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.

“reveled”

…at last, and the Cornhuskers reveled in their first win in…
…he has excelled in and reveled at the chance of first…
Satisfied with his success, he "reveled in the new direct email…
…Carlin wrote that "[the song] reveled uncomfortably in an adolescent girl…
They reveled in passionate conversations about literature,…
…her personal maid, and Temple reveled in her new life, until…
Pettis reveled in the Theo-Ciara breakup scenes.
…who "roused hatred, stirred gossip, reveled in every intrigue".
"where the city is reveled in its vital figure through…
The press reveled in the investigation and the…

“revelled”

Alonso revelled in the opportunity to perform…
…an honour that Van Dyck revelled in, as well as an…
…needed by the grammaticus, who revelled in his self-perception as a…
…on his clothes and they revelled through the night.
…and a lyric poet who revelled in pornography.
…J. Scarisbrick adds that Anne "revelled in" the attention she received…
…romantic side ... and she revelled in the Left Bank milieu…
…Kate Lock suggested that Jules "revelled in his mildly eccentric reputation.
…his father's anti-Semitic statutes and revelled in upsetting her.
Wollstonecraft revelled in the intellectual atmosphere of…

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