# Terence vs trance

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Terence
*name · IPA /ˈtɛɹəns/ · frequency rank #22,525*
A male given name from Latin, popular in the U.K. in the mid-twentieth century.

### trance
*noun · IPA /tɹɑːns/ · frequency rank #15,296*
A dazed or unconscious condition.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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