entry
/ˈɛntɹi/
"entry" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entry” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,152 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,152
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of entering.
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 | entry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛntɹi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entry” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for entry is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛntɹi/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,152 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for entry, with forms such as "enntry", "enrty", and "entrry". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "envy", "every", "envoy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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. The correct English form is entry, spelled E-N-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The act of entering.
- 2Permission to enter.
- 3A doorway that provides a means of entering a building.
- 4The act of taking possession.
- 5The start of an insurance contract.
- 6A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard.
- 7A 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
- 8A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships
- 9An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.
- 10A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database.
- 11A term at any position in a matrix.
- 12The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
- 13The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance.
- 14The introduction of new hounds into a pack.
Etymology
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.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntry,enrty,entrry,entryy,enttry,entyr,etnry,netry
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entry - 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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Using “entry”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-N-T-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛntɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “envy” - see the side-by-side comparison. entry vs envy
- 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.