I just figured it was one of those words spelt differently in American English, which most RFCs etc are written in. (British English native here.)
That's why you spelled 'spelled': spelt :D
(Edit: or perhaps it's more about active/passive voice? Thinking particularly about burnt/burned.)
It's taken to an extreme by some thicker accented (dialected?) people around where I grew up though - an' so I turnt [turned] round (right-right round) an' said to 'im [...]!
UK native, upon seeing the word "color" thinks: "Aha, US spelling!"
US native, upon seeing the word "colour" thinks: "Aha, a typo!"