# esprit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛsˈpɹiː/ · frequency rank #36,131

## Definitions
1. Spirit, enthusiasm.
2. A wit.
3. Liveliness, or active mind and spirit.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French esprit (“spirit”). Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, sprite, and spright, possibly also spree.

## Common misspellings (9)
`epsrit`, `espirt`, `espprit`, `espritt`, `esprrit`, `esprti`, `esrpit`, `essprit`, `seprit`

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