# eject

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ · frequency rank #29,254

## Definitions
1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
2. To throw out or remove forcefully.
3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
4. To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
6. To come out of a machine.

## Etymology
From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).

## Easily confused with
- **exec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-exec)
- **event** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-event)
- **exact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-exact)
- **elect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-elect)
- **erect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-erect)
- **enact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-enact)
- **exert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-exert)
- **evict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-evict)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-expect)
- **ECT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ect-vs-eject)
- **EEC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eec-vs-eject)
- **edict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edict-vs-eject)
- **Ebert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ebert-vs-eject)
- **effect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/effect-vs-eject)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eejct`, `ejcet`, `ejecct`, `ejectt`, `ejetc`, `ejject`, `jeect`

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