# exaggerate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #22,664

## Definitions
1. To overstate, to describe more than the fact.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exaggerātus, perfect passive participle of exaggerō (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, up”) + aggerō, aggerāre (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerō, aggerere (“to bear, carry to (some place), bring together”), from ad- (“to, toward”) + gerō (“to carry”).

## Easily confused with
- **exaggerated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exaggerate-vs-exaggerated)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eaxggerate`, `exagegrate`, `exagerate`, `exaggearte`, `exaggeraet`, `exaggeratte`, `exaggerrate`, `exaggertae`, `exaggreate`, `exgagerate`, `exxaggerate`, `xeaggerate`

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