exclamation point
"exclamation-point" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exclamation point” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The symbol !; an exclamation mark.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exclamation point |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exclamation point” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for exclamation point is 17 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for exclamation point, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is exclamation point, spelled E-X-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N- -P-O-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1The symbol !; an exclamation mark.
- 2An elongated shape like an exclamation point.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “exclamation point”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-C-L-A-M-A-T-I-O-N- -P-O-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.