“Traveling” or “Travelling”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “traveling” and 10 prefer “travelling”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	traveling	travelling	Preference
United States	87	13	“traveling”
United Kingdom	21	79	“travelling”
India	27	73	“travelling”
Philippines	48	52	“travelling”
Canada	42	58	“travelling”
Australia	21	79	“travelling”
Liberia	69	31	“traveling”
Ireland	22	78	“travelling”
New Zealand	26	74	“travelling”
Jamaica	47	53	“travelling”
Trinidad & Tobago	40	60	“travelling”
Guyana	42	58	“travelling”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“traveling”

…then leaves in his vehicle traveling away from his residence.
The squad was traveling on Route Vernon and was…
…Athens via Hungary and Romania, traveling from there to Marseille, where…
…had also been too busy traveling with Davis to make a
…female scientist to ever conduct traveling research in North Korea and…
…in Paris at Esmod, before traveling to London to study photography.
Traveling Husbands (1931)
…used by Amundsen for his traveling lectures.
…stopping point for Soviet tourists traveling up and down the Volga…
Are traveling toward the castle when the…

“travelling”

…(Danika Yarosh) is first seen travelling in the Arctic Circle, accompanied…
…and the protection of caravans travelling upland through Kikuyu territory to
…the shadow of the moon travelling at supersonic speed and inducing…
After travelling for one year, he went…
While travelling, his wallet is stolen and…
The play presents him as travelling through 100 years, witnessing corruption…
Caravan - Travelling Man (1998) compilation album to…
…and large movements of people travelling by train would have caused…
…reports that Bianchi had been travelling at when he left the
…the Hlahol Choir in Vinohrady, travelling with them to Yugoslavia and

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