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“Traveled” or “Travelled”

Traveled is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while travelled is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “traveled” and 9 prefer “travelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country traveled travelled Preference
United States 86 14 “traveled”
United Kingdom 24 76 “travelled”
India 14 86 “travelled”
Philippines 53 47 “traveled”
Canada 44 56 “travelled”
Australia 22 78 “travelled”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 26 74 “travelled”
New Zealand 30 70 “travelled”
Jamaica 36 64 “travelled”
Trinidad & Tobago 41 59 “travelled”
Guyana 0 100 “travelled”
Usage

Examples in context

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

“traveled”

  • The HRT traveled to Camp Peary, near Williamsburg,…
  • In 1931 Cummings traveled to the Soviet Union, recounting…
  • Campau traveled to Detroit and returned a…
  • The new preemption line traveled in a northeasterly direction from…
  • …to January 2019 and later traveled to the Wexner Center for…
  • The route traveled along Eckhert Road in a…
  • I traveled all around the country for…
  • She later traveled to the United States for…
  • …Aswan Dam and Khartoum they traveled on the Nile by steamboat…
  • Robinson traveled to New York to view…

“travelled”

  • Alastair Stewart travelled to Bosnia and Herzegovina in…
  • …Goussis and associate Keith Faure travelled to Melbourne from Geelong to…
  • …Battle of Mount Longdon and travelled to the islands meeting and…
  • …reception to his performances, he travelled with them on the road…
  • Chen travelled to various places in Southeast…
  • …the prince and his family travelled on coal wagons lined with
  • He was a well travelled player with a lot of
  • …Columbus in 1828, Washington Irving travelled from Madrid, where he had…
  • In 1868, he and Olga travelled through Turkestan, Samarkand, Panjkent, and…
  • …remained close friends and often travelled together.

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