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“Enroll” or “Enrol”

Enroll is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while enrol is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 7 prefer “enroll” and 3 prefer “enrol”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country enroll enrol Preference
United States 99 1 “enroll”
United Kingdom 43 57 “enrol”
India 85 15 “enroll”
Philippines 88 12 “enroll”
Canada 78 22 “enroll”
Australia 26 74 “enrol”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 54 46 “enroll”
New Zealand 28 72 “enrol”
Jamaica 100 0 “enroll”
Trinidad & Tobago 100 0 “enroll”
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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

“enroll”

  • …opportunities for their children to enroll in the school.
  • …University, and pushed White to enroll there because he felt that…
  • …two moved to California to enroll in UCLA.
  • …a secondary education, students may enroll in a tertiary institution or…
  • Groups would be allowed to enroll in such plans even if…
  • …eligible for but did not enroll in a Part D when…
  • …must take entrance exams to enroll.
  • …of his family tradition to enroll in the competition-examination to gain…
  • …1920s, girls were allowed to enroll as day-students.
  • …to pay health insurers that enroll higher-cost, sicker individuals."

“enrol”

  • …swimming, plans to retire and enrol in flight training, where he…
  • …educate through school-based provision, however, enrol their children in the reception…
  • In order to increase enrolments in 4th year, Rourke pressured…
  • …school" in which fans could "enrol" in order to receive regular…
  • …is Singapore's first institution to enrol girls, with 11 pupils accepted…
  • That is, the child can enrol in a school at the…
  • …school is also registered to enrol international students, and has had…
  • Once residents enrol, they can use the Aadhaar…
  • …of its campus, expects to enrol on-campus students from 2020.
  • Women were not allowed to enrol on veterinary courses so she…

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