# except

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪkˈsɛpt/ · frequency rank #1,017

## Definitions
1. To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
2. To take exception, to object (to or against).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus.

## Easily confused with
- **exert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-exert)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-expect)
- **expert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-expert)
- **extent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-extent)
- **excess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-excess)
- **exempt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-exempt)
- **excerpt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-excerpt)
- **excel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excel-vs-except)
- **exceed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-except)
- **accept** — “Accept” is the verb meaning to receive or agree to. “Except” means excluding or leaving out. You accept a gift; everyone came except Sam. (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-except)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ecxept`, `exccept`, `exceppt`, `exceptt`, `excetp`, `excpet`, `execpt`, `exxcept`, `xecept`

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