“Stenciled” or “Stencilled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “stenciled” and 1 prefer “stencilled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	stenciled	stencilled	Preference
United States	93	7	“stenciled”
United Kingdom	46	54	“stencilled”
India	63	37	“stenciled”
Philippines	85	15	“stenciled”
Canada	78	22	“stenciled”
Australia	53	47	“stenciled”
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.

“stenciled”

In 2012 graffiti artist Banksy stenciled an origami crane on a…
…worked with Lambert Hitchcock, whose stenciled and painted chairs gained renown.
Wimberley stenciled the word "PHOTO" on the…
…Asia had the suffix "Snake" stenciled below the serial number to…
…Coyolxauhqui and Coatlicue's fangs are stenciled over the young woman's face.
Brief instructions were stenciled on the bandage in red
…to the oak molding and stenciled wall patterning on the interior,…
…racing rider (which he had stenciled on the back of his…
…best known for his humorous stenciled prints, and hunting scenes in…
…Vinton County's yellow square with stenciled black legend, to Scioto County's…

“stencilled”

Empègues are small images stencilled on doorways in southern France.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh – Stencilled friezes for Catherine Cranston's Buchanan…
Stencilled hairstreak, Jalmenus ictinus (Hewitson, 1865)
Other features include mosaics, stencilled decoration, gargoyles, carved marble and
…is a painted chamber with stencilled decoration and wall paintings of…
Stencilled hairstreak, Jalmenus ictinus
…top of the walls are stencilled concrete.
Much of this was stencilled, but the work is unusually…
…of No.19, also ‘CIE’ was stencilled on the locomotive buffer beams.
…of the ant have been stencilled onto the pavements, and a…

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