# exchange

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #1,481

## Definitions
1. An act of exchanging or trading.
2. A place for conducting trading.
3. Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
4. Ellipsis of telephone exchange.
5. A conversation.
6. The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
7. The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
8. The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
9. The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
10. The difference between the values of money in different places.
11. Clipping of exchange of contracts.

## Etymology
From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex-, with pronunciation following. By surface analysis, ex- + change.

## Easily confused with
- **exchanged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exchange-vs-exchanged)
- **exchanger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exchange-vs-exchanger)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ecxhange`, `excahnge`, `excchange`, `exchagne`, `exchaneg`, `exchangge`, `exchannge`, `exchhange`, `exchnage`, `exhcange`, `exxchange`, `xechange`

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