# Spence

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈspɛns/ · frequency rank #18,435

## Definitions
1. Short form of the male given name Spencer.
2. A surname.
3. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
4. A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.
5. A ghost town in Magnetawan township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.

## Easily confused with
- **spent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spent)
- **spend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spend)
- **spice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spice)
- **spine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spine)
- **stance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-stance)
- **sponge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-sponge)
- **spruce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spruce)
- **stench** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-stench)
- **splice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-splice)
- **Spencer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spencer)
- **spender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spender)
- **Spenser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spence-vs-spenser)
- **spec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spec-vs-spence)
- **since** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/since-vs-spence)
- **space** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/space-vs-spence)
- **sense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sense-vs-spence)
- **scene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scene-vs-spence)
- **specs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/specs-vs-spence)
- **speck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speck-vs-spence)
- **speech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speech-vs-spence)

## Common misspellings (10)
`psence`, `sepnce`, `spance`, `specne`, `spencce`, `spenec`, `spennce`, `spnece`, `sppence`, `sspence`

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