excision
/ɪkˈsɪʒən/
"excision" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“excision” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,687 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,687
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The removal of some text during editing.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excision |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪkˈsɪʒən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “excision” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for excision is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪkˈsɪʒən/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,687 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for excision, with forms such as "ecxision", "exccision", and "exciison". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exclusion", "excursion", "envision", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n). The correct English form is excision, spelled E-X-C-I-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The removal of some text during editing.
- 2The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
- 3The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
- 4The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is unchanged by the identification of a subspace of the latter to a point.
Etymology
From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecxision,exccision,exciison,excisino,excisionn,excisoin,excission,excition,excsiion,exicsion,exxcision,xecision
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excision - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “excision”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-C-I-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪkˈsɪʒən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “exclusion” - see the side-by-side comparison. excision vs exclusion
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.