# exalt

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪɡˈzɒlt/ · frequency rank #47,049

## Definitions
1. To honor; to hold in high esteem; to praise or worship.
2. To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
3. To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
4. To refine or subtilize.

## Etymology
From Middle English exalten, from Old French exalter, from Latin exaltō.

## Easily confused with
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exit)
- **exam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exam)
- **exist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exist)
- **exile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exile)
- **exert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exert)
- **expat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-expat)
- **extant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-extant)
- **exhale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exhale)
- **exalted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exalted)
- **eat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eat-vs-exalt)
- **east** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/east-vs-exalt)
- **eval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eval-vs-exalt)
- **exact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exact-vs-exalt)
- **enact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-exalt)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eaxlt`, `exallt`, `exaltt`, `exatl`, `exlat`, `exxalt`, `xealt`

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