entry
en·try/ˈɛntɹi/noun
entry is spelled E-N-T-R-Y, 2 syllables: en·try. The wrong spelling people search most is entery: about 260 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 15 of all searches for the word. Entry is a noun meaning “The act of entering”. The plural of entry is entries.
How many letters and syllables are in entry?
| Letters | 5: E-N-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: en·try |
| In writing | 47 times per million words; the 2,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, entery, about 260 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell entry?
Entry is spelled E-N-T-R-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 15 of the searches for entry in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is entry?
Entry appears 47 times per million words in written English, the 2,153rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce entry?
- /ˈɛntɹi/
Entry has 2 syllables, split en·try in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-entry.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-entry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of entry
- entries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does entry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of entering.
The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive.
- 2
Permission to enter.
Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult.
- 3
A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- 4
The act of taking possession.
- 5
The start of an insurance contract.
- 6
A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- 7
A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms.
- 8
A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate entry?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of entry: EDL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Entry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | entrée , accès |
| German | Eintritt , Zutritt , Eingang , Flur , Eintrag |
| Portuguese | entrada , acesso , verbete |
| Spanish | entrada , recibidor |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does entry come from?
Inherited from Middle English entre, from Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intrō. Doublet of entrada and entrée.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).