exertion
/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/noun
exertion is spelled E-X-E-R-T-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exertion means “An expenditure of physical or mental effort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exertion is exertions.
How many letters and syllables are in exertion?
| Letters | 8: E-X-E-R-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is exertion?
Exertion appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 exertion?
- US /ɪɡˈzɝʃən/
- UK /ɪɡˈzɜːʃən/
Exertion has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-exertion.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with exertion?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as exertion from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹʃən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of exertion
- exertions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exertion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exertion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the action of exerting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | effort, dépense |
| German | Anstrengung, Kraftanstrengung, Anspannung, Ausübung, Strapaze, Betätigung |
| Portuguese | esforço |
| Spanish | esfuerzo, ejercicio, ejercitación |
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.