exempt
ex·empt/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/adjective, noun, verb
exempt is spelled E-X-E-M-P-T, 2 syllables: ex·empt. The wrong spelling people search most is exampt: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 172 of all searches for the word. Exempt is an adjective meaning “Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc”.
How many letters and syllables are in exempt?
| Letters | 6: E-X-E-M-P-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ex·empt |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, exampt, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell exempt?
Exempt is spelled E-X-E-M-P-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 172 of the searches for exempt in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is exempt?
Exempt appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 exempt?
- /ɪɡˈzɛmpt/
- /ɛɡˈzɛm(p)t/
Exempt has 2 syllables, split ex·empt in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-exempt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exempt
- exempts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- exempting participle, present
- exempted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exempt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
In their country all women are exempt from military service.
- 2
Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.
- 3
obsoleteCut off; set apart.
- 4
obsoleteExtraordinary; exceptional.
noun
- 1
One who has been released from something.
- 2
A type of French police officer.
- 3
UKOne of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an exon.
verb
- 1
To grant (someone) freedom or immunity from.
Citizens over 45 years of age were exempted from military service.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exempt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exempt |
| German | freigestellt , (Überstunden) abgegolten , Freigestellter , freistellen |
| Portuguese | isento , eximir, isentar |
| Spanish | exento, eximido , eximir, exentar |
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 exempt come from?
From Middle French exempt, from Latin exemptus, past participle of eximō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).