entre

/[ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe]/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#59

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

entre is aSpanishprep. It means: Indica una ubicación en medio de otras cosas, personas, conceptos o entidades. Pronounced [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe]. It ranks #59 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ere and este.

Key facts for entre
PropertyValue
Headwordentre
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe]
Letters5
Frequency rank#59
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of entre in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for entre is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #59 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for entre, with forms such as "enntre", "enrte", and "entrre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ere", "este", "erre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is entre, spelled E-N-T-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indica una ubicación en medio de otras cosas, personas, conceptos o entidades.
  2. 2
    En el interior.
  3. 3
    Indica un espacio de tiempo o intervalo.
  4. 4
    Indica uno dentro de varios o de un conjunto.
  5. 5
    Indica acción en conjunto con otros.
  6. 6
    Indica una comparación o relación recíproca.
  7. 7
    Indica un hábito o costumbre de la gente mencionada.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enntre,enrte,entrre,enttre,etnre,netre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for entre

Misspelling Variants of "entre"

enntre6enrte5entrre6enttre6etnre5netre5
Misspelling Variants of "entre"

Frequency rank: #59 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "entre"?
"entre" is spelled E-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe].
What does "entre" mean?
As a prep, "entre" means: Indica una ubicación en medio de otras cosas, personas, conceptos o entidades.
What words are commonly confused with "entre"?
"entre" is commonly confused with "ere", "este", "erre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "entre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "entre" is [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "entre" come from?
"entre" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.