# entrance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ · frequency rank #3,688

## Definitions
1. The action of entering, or going in.
2. The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
3. The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
4. The right to go in.
5. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
6. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
7. The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
8. The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
9. The 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **entrant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entrance-vs-entrant)
- **entrances** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entrance-vs-entrances)
- **entranced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entrance-vs-entranced)
- **enhance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enhance-vs-entrance)
- **endurance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endurance-vs-entrance)

## Common misspellings (13)
`enntrance`, `enrtance`, `entarnce`, `entracne`, `entrancce`, `entranec`, `entrannce`, `entrence`, `entrnace`, `entrrance`, `enttrance`, `etnrance`, `netrance`

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