exciton
/ˈɛksɪtən/
"exciton" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exciton” is uncommon English (frequency #98,094 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,094
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
Corpus desk
Index EN-exciton · exciton · English
exciton · rank #98,094 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,094
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH excellencies
Nearest frequency peer: excellencies (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “exciton”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- europium
europium
1,911 corpus weight
- excellencies
excellencies
1,908 corpus weight
- exciton
exciton
1,907 corpus weight
- excretory
excretory
1,906 corpus weight
- exploiter
exploiter
1,904 corpus weight
- extrasensory
extrasensory
1,903 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “exciton” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exciton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛksɪtən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exciton” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exciton is uncommon English at frequency #98,094 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɛksɪtən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor".
No misspelling variants are generated for exciton in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From excite + -on. The correct English form is exciton, spelled E-X-C-I-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A bound state of an electron and an electron hole in an insulator or semiconductor
Etymology
From excite + -on.
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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