# egress

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈiːɡɹɛs/ · frequency rank #43,132

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus.

## Easily confused with
- **excess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egress-vs-excess)
- **express** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egress-vs-express)
- **empress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egress-vs-empress)

## Common misspellings (7)
`egerss`, `eggress`, `egres`, `egrress`, `egrses`, `ergess`, `geress`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/egress