Chapelling

/ˈtʃæpəlɪŋ/ noun

Definition

The British spelling of chapeling; the process of providing or maintaining a chapel.

Etymology

From chapel with British double-l spelling (as in British English: travelling, labelled) plus -ing for gerund forms.

Kelly Says

British English keeps the double-l in words like 'chapelling' and 'labelling' because of older pronunciation rules, while American English dropped it—a spelling divide that reveals two languages slowly diverging.

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