exclusion zone

noun

"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.

Key facts for exclusion zone
PropertyValue
Headwordexclusion zone
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “exclusion zone” in English

exclusion zoneranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exclusion zone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Although the exclusion zone around each test case is the same for all inputs, the area of each zone decreases with successive attempts.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exclusion zone"?
"exclusion zone" is spelled E-X-C-L-U-S-I-O-N- -Z-O-N-E.
What does "exclusion zone" mean?
As a noun, "exclusion zone" means: A geographic area in which some sanctioning authority prohibits specific activities, see also Restricted Area.
What language does "exclusion zone" come from?
"exclusion zone" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list