# exemplary

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪɡˈzɛmpləɹi/ · frequency rank #17,610

## Definitions
1. Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
2. Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.
3. Serving as a warning; monitory.
4. Providing an example or illustration.

## Etymology
From Middle French exemplaire (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a sample, specimen”), from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use as a noun appears c. 1425, as an adjective, c. 1507.

## Easily confused with
- **exemplify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exemplary-vs-exemplify)
- **exemplar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exemplar-vs-exemplary)

## Common misspellings (14)
`eexmplary`, `exemlpary`, `exemmplary`, `exempalry`, `exemplarry`, `exemplaryy`, `exemplayr`, `exempllary`, `exemplray`, `exempplary`, `exepmlary`, `exmeplary`, `exxemplary`, `xeemplary`

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