# entire

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈtaɪə/ · frequency rank #849

## Definitions
1. Whole; complete.
2. Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
3. Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
4. Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
5. Not gelded.
6. Morally whole; pure; sheer.
7. Internal; interior.

## Etymology
From Middle English entere, enter, borrowed from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer (“whole”), from Proto-Italic *əntagros (“untouched”). Doublet of entier and integer.

## Easily confused with
- **entry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-entry)
- **entre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-entre)
- **entity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-entity)
- **expire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-expire)
- **entitle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-entitle)
- **entirely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-entirely)
- **entirety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-entirety)
- **enter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enter-vs-entire)
- **engine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/engine-vs-entire)
- **ensure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ensure-vs-entire)
- **empire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/empire-vs-entire)
- **enters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enters-vs-entire)
- **endure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-entire)
- **encore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-entire)
- **entice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entice-vs-entire)
- **entered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entered-vs-entire)
- **enquire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-entire)
- **enticed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enticed-vs-entire)

## Common misspellings (8)
`enitre`, `enntire`, `entier`, `entirre`, `entrie`, `enttire`, `etnire`, `netire`

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