# enact

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈnækt/ · frequency rank #16,463

## Definitions
1. To make (a bill) into law.
2. To act the part of; to play.
3. To do; to effect.

## Etymology
From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).

## Easily confused with
- **exact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-exact)
- **erect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-erect)
- **Enoch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-enoch)
- **evict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-evict)
- **exalt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-exalt)
- **eat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eat-vs-enact)
- **ECT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ect-vs-enact)
- **EAC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eac-vs-enact)
- **each** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-enact)
- **east** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/east-vs-enact)
- **elect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elect-vs-enact)
- **edict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edict-vs-enact)
- **eject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-enact)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eanct`, `enacct`, `enactt`, `enatc`, `encat`, `ennact`, `neact`

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