Which to use
“excision” and “excursion” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,687
- “excision” frequency rank
- #18,818
- “excursion” frequency rank
- 59505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excision | excursion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The removal of some text during editing. | A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way. |
Where the eye mixes excision and excursion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between excision and excursion
A purely visual mix-up. excision (/ɪkˈsɪʒən/) and excursion (/ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excision is recorded at frequency rank #40,687, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪkˈsɪʒən/. excursion is at rank #18,818, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 59505, this pair ranks #105,747 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excision vs excursion
Shared letters: ceinosx. Private to "excision": -. Private to "excursion": ru.
"excision" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "excursion" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excision" and "excursion" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "excision" or "excursion"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excision" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excursion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,747 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excision" and "excursion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envision vs excision". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #105,747 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.