“Revelers” or “Revellers”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “revelers” and 8 prefer “revellers”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	revelers	revellers	Preference
United States	88	12	“revelers”
United Kingdom	16	84	“revellers”
India	23	77	“revellers”
Philippines	78	22	“revelers”
Canada	36	64	“revellers”
Australia	21	79	“revellers”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	17	83	“revellers”
New Zealand	0	100	“revellers”
Jamaica	0	100	“revellers”
Trinidad & Tobago	16	84	“revellers”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“revelers”

…cold when none of the revelers inside noticed him.
…of the clearest depictions of revelers and devotees in Greek attire.
…typically far out-numbered, by late-night revelers who took advantage of the…
…her wet shirt to let revelers touch her breasts.
…Charlie Poole, the Leake County Revelers, Crockett's Mountaineers and similar string
150,000 to 200,000 revelers celebrate the New Year with…
…Arcadia, Switchblade Rosie, The Barrelhouse Revelers, The Pizza Thieves, The Whiskey
…many of the street's famous revelers are drinking, while it is…
…following an ancient pagan tradition, revelers try to jump over the…
…by day and treating drunken revelers to fascinating anecdotes by night.

“revellers”

Frans Hals - Shrovetide Revellers
The Radio Revellers: 1948
A further 114 revellers were charged with drug possession…
…attracts a large number of revellers.
…rammed into a crowd of revellers at a Bastille celebration and…
…as a protection against other revellers, he received a blow from…
…fertility rites in the UK; revellers dance with the Oss through…
…hundreds of thousands of devotees, revellers and pandal-hoppers visiting the pandals…
…Some paintings show Bacchus with revellers in contemporary modern dress, as…
Tormented by revellers, Proudfute takes refuge with Gow,…

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