# advantage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #1,710

## Definitions
1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
4. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

## Etymology
From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

## Easily confused with
- **advantages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advantage-vs-advantages)

## Common misspellings (13)
`adavntage`, `addvantage`, `advanatge`, `advanntage`, `advantaeg`, `advantagge`, `advantgae`, `advanttage`, `advatnage`, `advnatage`, `advvantage`, `avdantage`, `davantage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/advantage