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“Tunneled” or “Tunnelled”

Tunneled is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while tunnelled 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, 4 prefer “tunneled” and 2 prefer “tunnelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country tunneled tunnelled Preference
United States 92 8 “tunneled”
United Kingdom 48 52 “tunnelled”
India 89 11 “tunneled”
Philippines 88 12 “tunneled”
Canada 79 21 “tunneled”
Australia 49 51 “tunnelled”
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.

“tunneled”

  • …SEPTA Regional Rail features a tunneled corridor through the city center…
  • …first standing sequoia to be tunneled.
  • …formed second when the gut tunneled through the embryo.
  • I've tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled
  • EAP Tunneled Transport Layer Security (EAP-TTLS) is…
  • …Regiment of Coal Miners Who Tunneled Under the Enemy.
  • It also includes a tunneled section (the George Bridges Tunnel…
  • …an earlier alignment that was tunneled under a section of the
  • …own emphasis on Tolkien's words: "tunneled .. circle .. dark ..…
  • …was set off by deeply tunneled headlamps between a broad grille…

“tunnelled”

  • The tunnelled sections and cuts were designed…
  • This tunnelled section under Dunmail Raise was…
  • …remove a number of protesters tunnelled deep underground.
  • …of miles of desert and tunnelled through mountain ranges" in the…
  • Looters tunnelled into the vault and broke…
  • …of the most expensive non tunnelled single lane roads per kilometre…
  • …one place the race was tunnelled through a hill.
  • Some of its length was tunnelled through ground that has been…
  • …the siege, the English defenders tunnelled outwards and attacked the French.
  • …be people trapped inside, he tunnelled for twelve hours to reach

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