# exertion

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪɡˈzɝʃən/ · frequency rank #32,800

## Definitions
1. An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

## Easily confused with
- **extortion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exertion-vs-extortion)
- **Everton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/everton-vs-exertion)
- **Egerton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egerton-vs-exertion)
- **election** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/election-vs-exertion)
- **erection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erection-vs-exertion)
- **ejection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ejection-vs-exertion)
- **exception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exception-vs-exertion)
- **execution** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/execution-vs-exertion)
- **exemption** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exemption-vs-exertion)
- **excretion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excretion-vs-exertion)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eexrtion`, `exeriton`, `exerrtion`, `exersion`, `exertino`, `exertionn`, `exertoin`, `exerttion`, `exetrion`, `exretion`, `exxertion`, `xeertion`

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