exclude
ex·clude/ɪksˈkluːd/verb
exclude is spelled E-X-C-L-U-D-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (ex·clude). It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, exclude means “To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in exclude?
| Letters | 7: E-X-C-L-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ex·clude |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is exclude?
Exclude appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce exclude?
- /ɪksˈkluːd/
Exclude has 2 syllables, split ex·clude in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-exclude.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exclude
- excludes present, singular, he/she/it
- excluding participle, present
- excluded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exclude mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
- 2
To expel; to put out.
to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs
- 3
To omit from consideration.
Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.
- 4
To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
- 5
To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exclude in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exclure |
| Portuguese | excluir , expelir |
| Spanish | excluir |
| German | ausschließen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does exclude come from?
Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).