“Enamored” or “Enamoured”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 5 prefer “enamored” and 5 prefer “enamoured”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	enamored	enamoured	Preference
United States	90	10	“enamored”
United Kingdom	32	68	“enamoured”
India	43	57	“enamoured”
Philippines	85	15	“enamored”
Canada	57	43	“enamored”
Australia	32	68	“enamoured”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	33	67	“enamoured”
New Zealand	38	62	“enamoured”
Jamaica	54	46	“enamored”
Trinidad & Tobago	71	29	“enamored”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“enamored”

…work in 1950 and became enamored with the artist's work, despite…
…of the United States was enamored with spaceflight.
Alex, enamored with Karly, offers his assistance…
…the composer wrote, "I am enamored with the psychology of Goya,…
Vavasseur was ultimately so enamored by his new creation that…
However, the Ilkhan soon became enamored with Baghdad Khatun, and sought…
…a personal transformation and becomes enamored with India as she experiences…
The soldiers were enamored with Madame Scarron (a popular…
…in batting average, scouts were enamored with Beane's talent.
Lane became enamored with Albania and lived there…

“enamoured”

A young, handsome foreigner enamoured with samurai.
…Sandwich, who was so deeply enamoured of her as to hang…
Sam becomes enamoured of Emma Tregirls (Trudie Styler),…
She becomes enamoured with Quine after taking a…
…Zeus caused Porphyrion to become enamoured of Hera, whom Porphyrion then…
"Paul Jennings: Enamoured with Freedom", Montpelier Website, includes…
…shop and he finds himself enamoured with one of them, Tomoyo,…
…Air Force pilots are "so enamoured of their Hornets that they…
…he becomes more and more enamoured with their lifestyle.
Jennifer, encouraged by Kenny, becomes enamoured with the idea of becoming…

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