excretion
/ɪkˈskɹiʃən/noun
excretion is spelled E-X-C-R-E-T-I-O-N: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, excretion means “The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of excretion is excretions.
How many letters and syllables are in excretion?
| Letters | 9: E-X-C-R-E-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is excretion?
Excretion appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 excretion?
- UK /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/
- US /ɪkˈskɹiʃən/
- Australia /ɪkˈskɹiːʃən/
Excretion has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-excretion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with excretion?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as excretion from its last stressed vowel (/iʃən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of excretion
- excretions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does excretion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
- 2
Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Excretion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process of removing from the body:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | excrétion |
| German | Ausscheidung, Exkretion |
| Portuguese | excreção |
| Spanish | excreción, emunción |
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 excretion come from?
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).