# pretence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɹiːtɛns/ · frequency rank #40,401

## Definitions
1. British standard spelling of pretense.

## Easily confused with
- **pretend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretence-vs-pretend)
- **prudence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretence-vs-prudence)
- **Provence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretence-vs-provence)
- **pretense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretence-vs-pretense)
- **pretended** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretence-vs-pretended)
- **pretender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pretence-vs-pretender)
- **presence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/presence-vs-pretence)

## Common misspellings (13)
`pertence`, `ppretence`, `preetnce`, `pretance`, `pretecne`, `pretencce`, `pretenec`, `pretennce`, `pretnece`, `prettence`, `prretence`, `prteence`, `rpetence`

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