trance
/tɹæns/noun, verb
trance is spelled T-R-A-N-C-E: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trance means “A dazed or unconscious condition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trance is trances.
How many letters and syllables are in trance?
| Letters | 6: T-R-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is trance?
Trance appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 trance?
- UK /tɹɑːns/
- US /tɹæns/
Trance has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-trance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with trance?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trance from its last stressed vowel (/æns/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nectar, canter, recant, carnet.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of trance
- trances plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- traunce
- trancing participle, present
- tranced participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dazed or unconscious condition.
- 2
A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
- 3
A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
- 4
Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
- 5
A tedious journey.
verb
- 1
To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
- 2
rareTo create in or via a trance.
- 3
To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- 4
To pass across or over; to traverse.
- 5
To travel quickly over a long distance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Trance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 trance come from?
From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).