emergency exit

noun

"emergency-exit" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An exit that is designed to allow rapid evacuation in the case of emergencies such as a fire.

Corpus desk

Index EN-emergency-exit · emergency exit · English

emergency exit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for emergency exit
PropertyValue
Headwordemergency exit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “emergency exit” in English

emergency exitfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

emergency exit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An exit that is designed to allow rapid evacuation in the case of emergencies such as a fire.".

No misspelling variants are generated for emergency exit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is emergency exit, spelled E-M-E-R-G-E-N-C-Y- -E-X-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An exit that is designed to allow rapid evacuation in the case of emergencies such as a fire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As well as their obvious novelty value, the Class 313s offered fast acceleration, those power-operated sliding doors, non-opening passenger windows, closed ventilators to prevent any body part, head or limbs reaching out, drivers' and guards' doors opening inwards, and end doors for emergency exit.

This word in other languages

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 "emergency exit"?
"emergency exit" is spelled E-M-E-R-G-E-N-C-Y- -E-X-I-T.
What does "emergency exit" mean?
As a noun, "emergency exit" means: An exit that is designed to allow rapid evacuation in the case of emergencies such as a fire.
What language does "emergency exit" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list