# exert

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪɡˈzɝt/ · frequency rank #18,073

## Definitions
1. To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear.
2. To put in vigorous action.

## Etymology
From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch or thrust forth or out”), from ex- + serō (“to string together”).

## Easily confused with
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-exit)
- **exes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-exes)
- **exist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-exist)
- **expat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-expat)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-expect)
- **expert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-expert)
- **extent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-extent)
- **export** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-export)
- **extort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-extort)
- **experts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-experts)
- **exe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exe-vs-exert)
- **ever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ever-vs-exert)
- **exec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-exert)
- **every** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/every-vs-exert)
- **event** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-exert)
- **exact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exact-vs-exert)
- **elect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elect-vs-exert)
- **erect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erect-vs-exert)
- **emery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emery-vs-exert)
- **eject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-exert)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eexrt`, `exerrt`, `exertt`, `exetr`, `exret`, `exxert`, `xeert`

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