Is it “spelled” or “spelt”?

[Eselch]

As in, “I spelled/spelt it wrong”?

YABU - spelled
YANBU - spelt

I think spelt is an archaic form maybe? I use it though, because I like it

At this point I’ve looked at both words so much that they don’t even look like proper words anymore! 🤣

Both are correct. Spelled is preferred in US English, spelt is more common in the UK. Not sure about Canada and Oz etc.

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Spelled is becoming the more dominant form in the UK, but spelt is still perfectly acceptable.

It can be either. I use 'spelled.' I think of 'spelt' for the ancient grain flour.
Sorry about the two messages, I didn't press anything, this keeps happening.

Either is ok. See also burned/burnt, learned/learnt etc. only the -Ed form for US English but we can choose

Both. Oddly I Googled this last night, whilst writing a message, had one of those moments where both looked wrong!

They're like passed and past surely?

No - passed and past mean different things!

I go for spelt as spelled sounds American

The other day I was thinking about stuff Vs things. Stuff sounds American as well so it feels wrong.

What do you mean Beth?

Spelt is UK, spelled is more US. Either is fine though.

@PastMyBestBeforeDate you would use past as in 'in the past we would walk rather than drive' and passed as in 'she passed her driving test first time'.

I think she means they aren’t interchangeable - it isn’t “passed tense”? If I pass someone in the street then I “passed” them rather than “past” them? Unless you walk past them… then maybe it could be passed or past?!

Wait, no, that’s the exact opposite 😂

I hate English at times!

But that's exactly how I would switch between spelled and spelt.
She spelled it. She passed it.
It was spelt. I was past.

It's different tenses:

Simple past: I ate , I read, I spelt , I rode

Past perfect: I had eaten, I had read, I had spelled , I had ridden

It was past, although given my user name I was Past 😀

I went past the shop (verb: to go, preposition is 'past')

I passed the shop (verb: to pass, no preposition in sentence)

Exactly Tea. I never learned the grammatical terms.

And that should be learnt I think!

Learned. Autocorrect is having a field day and confusing me.

Passed and past are completely different types of word and never interchangeable. Past tense verb vs preposition.

Spelled and spelt are interchangeable in British English, I tend to use spelt.

Past and passed have different meanings and are not interchangeable.

English is a ridiculous language 😂