entrance
/ˈɛn.tɹəns/
"entrance" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entrance” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,688 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,688
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The action of entering, or going in.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entrance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entrance” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for entrance is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛn.tɹəns/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,688 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for entrance, with forms such as "enntrance", "enrtance", and "entarnce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "entrant", "entrances", "entranced", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”). The correct English form is entrance, spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The action of entering, or going in.
- 2The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
- 3The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
- 4The right to go in.
- 5The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
- 6The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
- 7The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
- 8The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
- 9The beginning of a musician's playing or singing; entry.
Etymology
From Middle French entrance (“entry”). Replaced native Middle English ingang (“entrance, admission”), from Old English ingang (“ingress, entry, entrance”).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntrance,enrtance,entarnce,entracne,entrancce,entranec,entrannce,entrence,entrnace,entrrance,enttrance,etnrance,netrance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entrance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “entrance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “entrant” - see the side-by-side comparison. entrance vs entrant
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.