# exec

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #19,081

## Definitions
1. An executive; a person employed at the executive level.
2. An executive officer, i.e. the chief assistant to the commanding officer.

## Etymology
Clipping of executive or execute.

## Easily confused with
- **eye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-eye)
- **eyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-eyes)
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-exit)
- **eyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-eyed)
- **expo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-expo)
- **exes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-exes)
- **exon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-exon)
- **exert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-exert)
- **expel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-expel)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-expect)
- **ex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ex-vs-exec)
- **ee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ee-vs-exec)
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eve-vs-exec)
- **eel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eel-vs-exec)
- **ere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ere-vs-exec)
- **EEG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eeg-vs-exec)
- **EDC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edc-vs-exec)
- **een** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/een-vs-exec)
- **ESC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/esc-vs-exec)
- **ese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ese-vs-exec)

## Common misspellings (5)
`eexc`, `exce`, `execc`, `exxec`, `xeec`

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