How to pronounce “entrance”
“entrance” is said two ways
/ˈɛntɹəns/
EN-truhnss
The way in. Beat on EN, second syllable reduced.
/ɛnˈtɹæns/
en-TRANSS
To enchant, to hold spellbound. Beat on TRANSS.
Listen for the beat, not the letters
One syllable gets longer, louder and a step higher, and the other one collapses towards a schwa. Say the whole sentence rather than the word on its own and let the grammar pull the beat where it belongs.Both forms live in one sentence here: “The dancers entrance every visitor who walks through the entrance.”Each button plays a short phrase rather than the bare word: the model voice takes its stress from the words around it, so asking it for “entrance” on its own would play one reading twice instead of the noun and the verb. Read the transcription as you listen.
Say “entrance” in 2 beats
entrance
/ˈɛntɹəns/
Everything in this card describes the noun form. As a verb it is /ɛnˈtɹæns/.
The voice you hear here is American; a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- ɛnɛnstress
- tɹənstɹəns
- IPA (American)
- /ˈɛntɹəns/
- IPA (British)
- /ˈɛntɹəns/
- Respelling
- EN-truhnss (noun) · en-TRANSS (verb)
- Syllables
- 2 — ƐN-tɹəns
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: ƐN-tɹəns. “ɛn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun, verb
- Difficulty
- Pro — the sounds are ordinary, the rhythm is where it slips
Where “entrance” goes wrong
- Often heard
“EN-truhnss the audience”
enchanting someone is en-TRANSS; EN-truhnss is the doorway
What “entrance” means
- noun
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
“they waited at the entrance to the garden”
- noun
a movement into or inward
- noun
the act of entering
“she made a grand entrance”
Say it in a sentence
“The dancers entrance every visitor who walks through the entrance.”“entrance”, answered
How do you pronounce “entrance”?
“entrance” has two pronunciations: /ˈɛntɹəns/ as a noun and /ɛnˈtɹæns/ as a verb — the part of speech decides which. The spelling never changes; the beat does, and the vowels reshape around wherever it lands. The transcription and syllable breakdown below describe the noun form. Build it as ƐN-tɹəns, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “entrance” have?
2: ɛn · tɹəns. The beat lands on the first, “ɛn”.
Which pronunciation of “entrance” is correct?
Both are. /ˈɛntɹəns/ (EN-truhnss) as a noun; /ɛnˈtɹæns/ (en-TRANSS) as a verb. Nothing about the spelling tells you which — the sentence does. Move the beat and the word changes its job mid-sentence, which is why both are worth drilling. Both appear here: “The dancers entrance every visitor who walks through the entrance.”
What does “entrance” mean?
As a noun: something that provides access (to get in or get out) For example: “they waited at the entrance to the garden” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “entrance”?
Stress the first syllable: ƐN-tɹəns. “ɛn” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllable falls away from it.
Now say “entrance” and see every sound
Record it once and sayit lines your audio up against the target sound by sound — what landed, what slipped, and what it sounded like instead.