# entertainment

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɛn.təˈteɪn.mənt/ · frequency rank #2,482

## Definitions
1. An activity designed to give pleasure, enjoyment, diversion, amusement, or relaxation to an audience, no matter whether the audience participates passively as in watching opera or a movie, or actively as in games.
2. A show put on for the enjoyment or amusement of others.
3. Maintenance or support.
4. An admission into service; a service.
5. The payment of soldiers or servants; wages.
6. A reception; a (provision of) food to guests or travellers.

## Etymology
From Middle English entretenement (“support, maintenance”), from Old French entretenement; see entertain. Morphologically entertain + -ment.

## Common misspellings (20)
`enetrtainment`, `enntertainment`, `enteratinment`, `enterrtainment`, `entertaimnent`, `entertainemnt`, `entertainmennt`, `entertainmentt`, `entertainmetn`, `entertainmment`, `entertainmnet`, `entertainnment`, `entertaniment`, `entertianment`, `enterttainment`, `entetrainment`, `entretainment`, `enttertainment`, `etnertainment`, `netertainment`

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