exaltation
/ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/
"exaltation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exaltation” is uncommon English (frequency #54,765 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,765
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exaltation · exaltation · English
exaltation · rank #54,765 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,765
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH evaporator
Nearest frequency peer: evaporator (-2 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “exaltation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- EOC
EOC
45,241 corpus weight
- estadio
estadio
45,240 corpus weight
- evaporator
evaporator
45,238 corpus weight
- exaltation
exaltation
45,236 corpus weight
- exhaling
exhaling
45,234 corpus weight
- explosively
explosively
45,233 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “exaltation” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exaltation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exaltation” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
exaltation is uncommon English at frequency #54,765 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exaltation, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”). The correct English form is exaltation, spelled E-X-A-L-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
- 2The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
- 3That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
- 4Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death.
- 5The collective noun for larks.
- 6An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exaltation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The irregular and undisciplined wars which it was her business to describe were naturally far more prolific of extraordinary incidents, unexpected turns of fortune, and striking displays of individual talent, and vice and virtue, than the more solemn movements of national hostility, where everything is in a great measure provided and foreseen, and where t…
He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
Etymology
From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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