entrant
/ˈɛntɹənt/
"entrant" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entrant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,160
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A participant who enters something, such as a contest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entrant · entrant · English
entrant · rank #31,160 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,160
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH enlistment
Nearest frequency peer: enlistment (-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 “entrant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- emulator
emulator
68,845 corpus weight
- enlistment
enlistment
68,842 corpus weight
- entrant
entrant
68,841 corpus weight
- Ephesians
Ephesians
68,839 corpus weight
- eraser
eraser
68,838 corpus weight
- etymology
etymology
68,837 corpus weight
What this shows “entrant” 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 | entrant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛntɹənt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “entrant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around entrant (IPA /ˈɛntɹənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,160 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for entrant, with forms such as "enntrant", "enrtant", and "entarnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "extant", "errant", "extract", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French entrant, present participle of entrer. The correct English form is entrant, spelled E-N-T-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1A participant who enters something, such as a contest.
- 2A newcomer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how entrant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Any attempt by an entrant to influence the result or subvert the contest will lead to immediate disqualification.
Etymology
From French entrant, present participle of entrer.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntrant
- enrtant
- entarnt
- entrannt
- entrantt
- entratn
- entrnat
- entrrant
- enttrant
- etnrant
- netrant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entrant - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entrant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).