“Yodeling” or “Yodelling”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 6 prefer “yodeling” and 4 prefer “yodelling”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	yodeling	yodelling	Preference
United States	96	4	“yodeling”
United Kingdom	46	54	“yodelling”
India	78	22	“yodeling”
Philippines	79	21	“yodeling”
Canada	73	27	“yodeling”
Australia	40	60	“yodelling”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	47	53	“yodelling”
New Zealand	45	55	“yodelling”
Jamaica	100	0	“yodeling”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“yodeling”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

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

“yodeling”

…field holler, overtone singing, and yodeling the music.
Kumar used yodeling in many of his songs…
Woody Shaw – trumpet, maracas, yodeling, percussion
…singing and the songs and yodeling of immigrant cowboys, called "paniolos"…
…Allegro being highly reminiscent of yodeling was probably a deliberate gesture…
The yodeling that arguably uniquely identifies one…
in yodeling
…for his high-octave falsetto and yodeling abilities, and songs such as…
…Miss America 2007 including her yodeling abilities.
…Bristol, Tennessee, he sang the "yodeling lullaby", "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" and…

“yodelling”

"Yodelling Christmas" - Mary Schneider
Song: "Yodelling Goatherd"
Bjørn Tomren: Yodelling
…story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off…
"Seattle Yodel" features the Yodelling Pickle, made by the novelty…
…to practise the art of yodelling, before descending into the Derbyshire…
…Boys and featuring fiddles and yodelling, they represent the "longest train"…
…which showed off Denver's falsetto yodelling register.
…orchestra conducted by Arturo Steffani (Yodelling & Whistling by Ronnie Ronalde)
…of Appenzell instrumental music and yodelling is documented and updated by…

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