“Unraveled” or “Unravelled”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “unraveled” and 5 prefer “unravelled”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	unraveled	unravelled	Preference
United States	92	8	“unraveled”
United Kingdom	37	63	“unravelled”
India	43	57	“unravelled”
Philippines	84	16	“unraveled”
Canada	68	32	“unraveled”
Australia	44	56	“unravelled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	47	53	“unravelled”
New Zealand	23	77	“unravelled”
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.

“unraveled”

…conditions in which the facts unraveled, and due to a mutually…
Plot unraveled when a person from law…
…the films Tent City, USA, Unraveled, No One Dies in Lily…
…from the original weaving are unraveled from a hem or seam…
…he could hit, Taveras successfully unraveled what are termed as "pitcher's…
…seeing all her dreams come unraveled."
Unraveled (2011) Producer: Scrutinizes prominent lawyer…
By his skill, Mazdali unraveled the crisis, dissuading Ibrahim from…
Unraveled
…in the first half, but unraveled into melodrama in the second.

“unravelled”

This unstable settlement unravelled in the Thirty Years' War…
…pathogenicity has not yet been unravelled.
Another key idea that he unravelled was the meaning of the…
…(Princess Margaret - a Life Unravelled (2007), Orion Books) and cricket…
…properties are physical" can be unravelled to:
Kilkenny's championship ambitions unravelled in spectacular fashion in the…
However, United were once again unravelled by a last gasp set-piece,…
…holding Fabletown together have been unravelled he was stranded in the…
Realising that his plot has unravelled, Aramis flees for Belle Île…
The American colonization scheme further unravelled, undated, but reviewed at length…

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