excretion
"excretion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“excretion” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #43,143 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #43,143
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excretion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #43,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “excretion” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for excretion is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #43,143 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for excretion, with forms such as "ecxretion", "exccretion", and "excertion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "exertion", "exception", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno. The correct English form is excretion, spelled E-X-C-R-E-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
- 2Something excreted in that manner, especially urine or feces.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecxretion,exccretion,excertion,excreiton,excresion,excretino,excretionn,excretoin,excrettion,excrretion,excrteion,exrcetion,exxcretion,xecretion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excretion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “excretion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-C-R-E-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “exertion” - see the side-by-side comparison. excretion vs exertion
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.