Difference between Cancelled vs. Cancelled
- The difference between canceled vs. cancelled is the same that we’ll find in other American and British spellings. For example, colour and colour; honour and honour; and favourite and favourite.
- In British English, the spellings outlined in Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language are used. Whereas, American publications use the spellings given in Noah Webster’s An American Dictionary of the English Language.
Canceled |
Cancelled |
Used in American English | Used in British English |
Eg., Andaman canceled island hopping due to the covid pandemic. | Eg., Andaman cancelled island hopping due to the covid pandemic. |
Canceled or Cancelled – Which One is Correct?
“American and British English have many similar habits when it comes to past and present participles: both double the final consonant of a word when it follows a short vowel and has the stress on the syllable attached to the suffix (such as remit/remitted/remitting). However, if the stress does not come on the syllable that attaches to the suffix then the final consonant is not doubled (as is the case with edit/edited/editing).” – Lynne Murphy
Canceled or cancelled is the past tense of the verb ‘cancel.’ Both spellings are right. It’s just that Americans prefer ‘canceled‘ or ‘canceling,’ whereas ‘cancelled‘ or ‘cancelling‘ is used in British English and other dialects. However, the word ‘cancelation’ is rarely used and is technically correct, while ‘cancellation’ is by far the most widely-used spelling.
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