egestion

/iːˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/

//iːˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən// noun

"egestion" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or result of egesting

Corpus desk

Index EN-egestion · egestion · English

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

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Key facts for egestion
PropertyValue
Headwordegestion
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/iːˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “egestion” in English

egestionsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

egestion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /iːˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or result of egesting".

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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French egestion, from Latin ēgestiōnem, accusative of ēgestiō (“emptying, voiding”), action noun from the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry out”), from ex- + gerō. The correct English form is egestion, spelled E-G-E-S-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act or result of egesting

Etymology

From Old French egestion, from Latin ēgestiōnem, accusative of ēgestiō (“emptying, voiding”), action noun from the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry out”), from ex- + gerō.

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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 /iːˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/.
What does "egestion" mean?
As a noun, "egestion" means: The act or result of egesting
How do you pronounce "egestion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "egestion" is /iːˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "egestion"?
From Old French egestion, from Latin ēgestiōnem, accusative of ēgestiō (“emptying, voiding”), action noun from the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry out”), from ex- + gerō. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list