exclusion zone
"exclusion-zone" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exclusion zone” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exclusion-zone · exclusion zone · English
exclusion zone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exclusion zone |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exclusion zone” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exclusion zone is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for exclusion zone, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is exclusion zone, spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-O-N- -Z-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exclusion zone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although the exclusion zone around each test case is the same for all inputs, the area of each zone decreases with successive attempts.
On 7 April, Britain declared a maritime exclusion zone (subsequently upgraded to a total exclusion zone on 28 April) of 200 nautical miles around the Islands.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.