Which to use
“labeled” and “labelled” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,164
- “labeled” frequency rank
- #12,626
- “labelled” frequency rank
- 20790
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | labeled | labelled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a label, tagged. | Having a label, tagged. |
Letter map: labeled vs labelled
Shared letters muted; letters that set labeled and labelled apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Corpus notes: labeled and labelled
labeled and labelled are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20790, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
labeled is recorded at frequency rank #8,164, classified as anadj. labelled is at rank #12,626, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 20790, this pair ranks #428,651 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of labeled vs labelled
Shared letters: abdel. Private to "labeled": -. Private to "labelled": -.
"labeled" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "labelled" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "labeled" and "labelled" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "labeled" or "labelled" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "labeled" and "labelled". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "labeled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "labelled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,651 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "labeled" and "labelled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labeled vs layered". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #428,651 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.