# excretion

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,143

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

## Easily confused with
- **exertion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excretion-vs-exertion)
- **exception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exception-vs-excretion)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ecxretion`, `exccretion`, `excertion`, `excreiton`, `excresion`, `excretino`, `excretionn`, `excretoin`, `excrettion`, `excrretion`, `excrteion`, `exrcetion`, `exxcretion`, `xecretion`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/excretion