Ian's Rant 12 – Supercede Superseded

Comparing Word Usage

Whenever I'm unsure of the preferred spelling for a particular word, I refer to Google Trends to compare the search volumes for the different spellings and find the one that is used by the majority. This helps remove any Australian / British English bias from my web pages and thus optimise optimize them for a global audience.

A recent comparison of supercede vs. supersede gave a surprising result:

It would appear that the word supercede seems to have been well and truly superseded some time around 2013.

– Ian Fieggen, 12-Mar-2016