Enrol or enroll?
In American English write enroll; in British and Commonwealth English, enrol. enrol is a verb meaning “UK, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and Canada standard spelling of enroll”; enroll is a verb meaning “To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) enroll is about 6.0 times as common as enrol.
What is the difference between enrol and enroll?
| enrol | enroll | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb | verb |
| Meaning | UK, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and Canada standard spelling of enroll | To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of |
| Example | none recorded | They were eager to enroll new recruits |
| Forms | enrols, enrolling, enrolled | enrolls, enrolling, enrolled |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ɪnˈɹəʊl/ /ɛnˈɹoʊl/ /ɪnˈɹoʊl/ |
| Region | no label | US |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words | 2.8 times per million words |
Sources: enrol and enroll in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of enrol and enroll
enrol
- 1
UK, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and Canada standard spelling of enroll
enroll
- 1
To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
- 2
To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
They were eager to enroll new recruits
- 3
To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
- 4
To register as a member of an educational institution
- 5
USTo register for a class or course of study
- 6
AustraliaTo register to vote
- 7
To curl up into a ball
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, enrol or enroll?
enrol appears about once in every 2 million words; enroll 2.8 times per million words.
enrol about once in every 2 million wordsenroll 2.8 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search enrol vs enroll?
“enrol vs enroll” is searched about 2,400 times a month on Google and 40 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“enroll vs enrol”, “enrol or enroll”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.