How to spell enter

hear iten·ter/'ɛntər/verbRules and real life

What it means: To come or go into a place.

In a sentence: Please enter the classroom quietly.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as inter or enterr.

Same family: entrance, entry, entering, reenter, entrant. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Enter comes from Old French "entrer" and Latin "intrare," both meaning "to go inside." It’s related to the word "entrance," which can mean both a door or opening and the act of coming in.

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