egress

Name: egress, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈiːɡɹɛs/

//ˈiːɡɹɛs// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“egress” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,132. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,132
frequency rank, English: 2,246
“E” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An exit or way out.

Corpus desk

Index EN-egress · egress · English

egress · rank #43,132 · 7 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,132
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 2,246
PHOTO-FINISH effluent

Nearest frequency peer: effluent (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

ecologist

56,873
EEOC

56,871
effluent

56,870
egress

56,869
embodying

56,867
encephalopa…

56,865

What this shows “egress” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

egress vs excess

67% similar

egress vs express

71% similar

egress vs empress

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for egress
Property	Value
Headword	egress
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈiːɡɹɛs/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#43,132
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “egress”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).egresslands here:

#43,132

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “effluent” (#43,131), “EEOC” (#43,130), “embodying” (#43,134). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “egress” is #43,132. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around egress (IPA /ˈiːɡɹɛs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,132 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for egress, with forms such as "egerss", "eggress", and "egres". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "excess", "express", "empress", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus. The correct English form is egress, spelled E-G-R-E-S-S.

Definition

1
An exit or way out.
2
The process of exiting or leaving.
3
The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

The window provides an egress in the event of an emergency.
Gates of burning adamant, / Barred over us, prohibit all egress.

Etymology

From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus.

This word in other languages

sortie(Français)Ausgang(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

egerss
eggress
egres
egrress
egrses
ergess
geress

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of egress - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "egress"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "egress"?

"egress" is spelled E-G-R-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈiːɡɹɛs/.

What does "egress" mean?

As a noun, "egress" means: An exit or way out.

What words are commonly confused with "egress"?

"egress" is commonly confused with "excess", "express", "empress". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "egress"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "egress" is /ˈiːɡɹɛs/. 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 "egress"?

From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "egress", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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