remodelingvsremodellingTell them apart

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“remodeling” and “remodelling” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,652
“remodeling” frequency rank
#49,009
“remodelling” frequency rank
72661
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remodeling remodelling
Definition The process or an instance of modeling again: applying another model. Alternative form of remodeling.

Letter map: remodeling vs remodelling

Shared letters muted; letters that set remodeling and remodelling apart highlighted. Shared run: 10. remodeling runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVCC) against remodelling's 11 (CVCVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
remodeling
11 ch
remodelling

Corpus notes: remodeling and remodelling

remodeling and remodelling 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 72661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

remodeling is recorded at frequency rank #23,652, classified as anoun. remodelling is at rank #49,009, tagged as anoun.

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 72661, this pair ranks #42,313 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of remodeling vs remodelling

Shared letters: degilmnor. Private to "remodeling": -. Private to "remodelling": -.

"remodeling" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCC  ·  "remodelling" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remodeling ← ermodeling · remdoeling · remmodeling · remoddeling · remodeilng · remodelign · remodelingg · remodelinng
  • remodelling ← ermodelling · remdoelling · remmodelling · remoddelling · remodelilng · remodellign · remodellingg · remodellinng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "remodeling" for "remodelling" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "remodeling" or "remodelling"?
"remodeling" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,652 in our English list, against #49,009 for "remodelling". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "remodeling" vs "remodelling" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remodeling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remodelling" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,313 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #42,313 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list