# exceed

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪkˈsiːd/ · frequency rank #8,033

## Definitions
1. To be larger, greater than (something).
2. To be better than (something).
3. To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
4. To predominate.
5. To go too far; to be excessive.

## Etymology
From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excēdō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cēdō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc. Partly displaced native Old English ofersteppan, whence Modern English overstep.

## Easily confused with
- **excel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-excel)
- **except** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-except)
- **extend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-extend)
- **excess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-excess)
- **expend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-expend)
- **excited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-excited)
- **excused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-excused)
- **emcee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emcee-vs-exceed)
- **etched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etched-vs-exceed)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ecxeed`, `excceed`, `exced`, `excede`, `exceedd`, `execed`, `exxceed`, `xeceed`

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