# entice

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈtaɪs/ · frequency rank #23,825

## Definitions
1. To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

## Etymology
From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).

## Easily confused with
- **entre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-entre)
- **entire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-entire)
- **entity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-entity)
- **Eunice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-eunice)
- **enticed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-enticed)
- **entitle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-entitle)
- **engine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/engine-vs-entice)
- **enrich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enrich-vs-entice)
- **Enrico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enrico-vs-entice)

## Common misspellings (8)
`enitce`, `enntice`, `entcie`, `enticce`, `entiec`, `enttice`, `etnice`, `netice`

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