entranced
/ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/
"entranced" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entranced” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,909. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,909
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Placed in a trance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entranced · entranced · English
entranced · rank #45,909 · 14 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,909
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH engined
Nearest frequency peer: engined (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “entranced”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- emptive
emptive
54,096 corpus weight
- engendered
engendered
54,094 corpus weight
- engined
engined
54,093 corpus weight
- entranced
entranced
54,092 corpus weight
- escarpment
escarpment
54,090 corpus weight
- Esperanto
Esperanto
54,089 corpus weight
What this shows “entranced” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | entranced |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “entranced”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around entranced (IPA /ɛnˈtɹɑːnst/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,909 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for entranced, with forms such as "enntranced", "enrtanced", and "entarnced". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "entrances", "estranged", "entrance", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From entrance + -ed. The correct English form is entranced, spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-C-E-D.
Definition
- 1Placed in a trance.
- 2Held at attention, as if by magic.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entranced appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There sate a Spirit in the vault, In shape, in hue, in lineaments, like life, And by him couch’d, as if intranced, The hundred-headed Worm that never dies.
The entranced spectator was cut off from reality as long as the adventure lasted; it was as if he lived a dream yet believed he was awake.
Etymology
From entrance + -ed.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntranced
- enrtanced
- entarnced
- entracned
- entrancced
- entrancde
- entrancedd
- entranecd
- entrannced
- entrnaced
- entrranced
- enttranced
- etnranced
- netranced
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entranced - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).