Enterance vs. Entrance: What's the Difference?
Edited by Sumera Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 5, 2023
"Enterance" is a misspelling; "entrance" is correct, referring to a place of entry, like a door or gateway.
Which is correct: Enterance or Entrance
How to spell Entrance?
Enterance is Incorrect
Entrance is Correct
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Key Differences
Memory Aid: Remember “entrance” includes the word “enter,” implying a way in, with “-ance” at the end.
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Association: Associate the word “entrance” with common words ending in “-ance,” like “distance.”
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Repetition: Regularly writing “entrance” can reinforce the correct spelling.
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Visual Cue: Visualizing a grand “entrance” can help remember the correct spelling.
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Spellcheck: Using spellcheck features can correct “enterance” to “entrance” automatically.
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Enterance and Entrance Definitions
Entrance
The act or an instance of going or coming in.
The entrance of the bride was breathtaking.
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Entrance
An opening, such as a door, allowing access to a place.
The main entrance of the building is locked.
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Sep 23, 2023
Entrance
The right, means, or opportunity to enter.
Entrance to the club is strictly monitored.
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Entrance
To fill with delight or wonder; enrapture.
The magician’s tricks entrance the audience.
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Entrance
Permission or power to enter; admission
Gained entrance to medical school.
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Entrance
(Nautical) The immersed part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body.
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Entrance
To fill with delight, wonder, or enchantment
A child who was entranced by a fairy tale.
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Entrance
(countable) The action of entering, or going in.
Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
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Entrance
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
The entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
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Entrance
(countable) The place of entering, as a gate or doorway.
Place your bag by the entrance so that you can find it easily.
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Entrance
(uncountable) The right to go in.
You'll need a ticket to gain entrance to the museum.
To give entrance to friends
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Entrance
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation.
A difficult entrance into business
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Entrance
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering.
His entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
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Entrance
(nautical) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
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Entrance
(nautical) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
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Entrance
(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.
The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.
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Entrance
The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.
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Entrance
Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
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Entrance
The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city.
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Entrance
The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business.
St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology.
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Entrance
The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
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Entrance
The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line.
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Entrance
To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.
Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,They bore from field and to the bed conveyed.
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Entrance
To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
And I so ravished with her heavenly note,I stood entranced, and had no room for thought.
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Entrance
Something that provides access (entry or exit);
They waited at the entrance to the garden
Beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral
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FAQs
What is the verb form of Entrance?
The verb form is also "entrance," meaning to enchant or delight.
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Why is it called Entrance?
It is called "entrance" as it denotes a point or place of entering or access.
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Which conjunction is used with Entrance?
Any conjunction can be used with "entrance" depending on the sentence structure.
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Which preposition is used with Entrance?
"To" is often used with "entrance," as in "entrance to the building."
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Is Entrance a noun or adjective?
"Entrance" is primarily a noun, but can also be a verb meaning to enchant or captivate.
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What is the pronunciation of Entrance?
It is pronounced as /ˈɛntrəns/ when used as a noun, and /ɪnˈtræns/ when used as a verb.
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Which article is used with Entrance?
"The" is often used with specific entrances, and "an" with general ones.
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Is Entrance a vowel or consonant?
"Entrance" is a word consisting of both vowels and consonants.
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Is the Entrance term a metaphor?
"Entrance" can be used metaphorically in some contexts.
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What is a stressed syllable in Entrance?
The first syllable, "En," is stressed in "entrance" when it is a noun.
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Which determiner is used with Entrance?
"This" or "that" can be used as determiners with "entrance."
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What is the second form of Entrance?
As a verb, the second form is "entranced."
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What part of speech is Entrance?
"Entrance" is primarily a noun but can also be a verb.
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How is Entrance used in a sentence?
"Entrance" can be used as a noun, e.g., "The entrance to the park is closed," or as a verb, e.g., "The music entranced him."
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