egestion

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The verdict

“egestion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stuhlentleerung

Corpus desk

Index DE-egestion · egestion · German

egestion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for egestion
PropertyValue
Headwordegestion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „egestion“ im Deutschen

egestionschafft es nicht in die Top 100.000 des Deutschen: Zone für Fach-, Alt- oder Seltenwortschatz.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

egestion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stuhlentleerung".

No misspelling variants are generated for egestion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is egestion, spelled E-G-E-S-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stuhlentleerung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how egestion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "So, the egestion is the elimination of facial matter or undigested food outside the body."

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egestion"?
"egestion" is spelled E-G-E-S-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "egestion" mean?
As a noun, "egestion" means: Stuhlentleerung
How do you pronounce "egestion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "egestion" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "egestion" come from?
"egestion" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list