Common Words:
* Acceptance
* Assistance
* Balance
* Chance
* Compliance
* Distance
* Entrance
* Guidance
* Importance
* Insurance
* Performance
* Preference
* Resistance
* Significance
* Surveillance
* Variance
Less Common Words:
* Abidance
* Admittance
* Affiance
* Appearance
* Attendance
* Coincidence
* Concurrence
* Dependence
* Durance
* Emancipation
* Espousal
* Forbearance
* Governance
* Intolerance
* Occurrence
* Remembrance
* Subsistence
* Transcendence
Words ending in "-ance" can have different meanings, so context is important to understand the specific meaning of the word.