trance

/[ˈt̪ɾãnse]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,000

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

trance is aSpanishnoun. It means: Situación o momento crítico y decisivo en el desarrollo de un suceso. Pronounced [ˈt̪ɾãnse]. Often confused with trece and traté.

Key facts for trance
PropertyValue
Headwordtrance
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ɾãnse]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,000
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for trance is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾãnse]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,000 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for trance, with forms such as "rtance", "tarnce", and "tracne". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "trece", "traté", "tronco", 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 trance, spelled T-R-A-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Situación o momento crítico y decisivo en el desarrollo de un suceso.
  2. 2
    Un género de música electrónica que se caracterizada por un tiempo entre 120 y 140 BPM, fraseos melódicos cortos de sintetizador y una forma musical que sube y baja durante cada tema.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtance,tarnce,tracne,trancce,tranec,trannce,transe,trnace,trrance,ttrance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for trance

Misspelling Variants of "trance"

rtance6tarnce6tracne6trancce7tranec6trannce7transe6trnace6
Misspelling Variants of "trance"

Frequency rank: #17,000 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trance"?
"trance" is spelled T-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ɾãnse].
What does "trance" mean?
As a noun, "trance" means: Situación o momento crítico y decisivo en el desarrollo de un suceso.
What words are commonly confused with "trance"?
"trance" is commonly confused with "trece", "traté", "tronco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "trance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trance" is [ˈt̪ɾãnse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trance" come from?
"trance" 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

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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.