# advent

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæd.vɛnt/ · frequency rank #11,645

## Definitions
1. Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).

## Easily confused with
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-agent)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-arent)
- **avant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-avant)
- **avert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-avert)
- **advert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-advert)
- **ascent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-ascent)
- **ardent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-ardent)
- **assent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-assent)
- **argent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-argent)
- **adverb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-adverb)
- **Aden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-advent)
- **adept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-advent)
- **accent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accent-vs-advent)
- **absent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/absent-vs-advent)

## Common misspellings (9)
`addvent`, `adevnt`, `advennt`, `adventt`, `advetn`, `advnet`, `advvent`, `avdent`, `davent`

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