How Do You Spell Jewelry In American

For the noun referring to articles especially of gold silver or precious stones used for personal adornment jewelry is the preferred spelling in american english.

How do you spell jewelry in american. Both spellings appear in canadian english but jewelry prevails by a two to one margin. Jewellery is preferred in varieties of english from outside north america. The different spellings of jewelry in british and american english can cause confusion.

The british spelling jewellery adds lery to jewel while the american spelling jewelry adds ry origin.