exfoliation
"exfoliation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exfoliation” is an uncommon English word, ranked #60,072 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #60,072
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exfoliation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exfoliation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for exfoliation is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #60,072 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for exfoliation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves). The correct English form is exfoliation, spelled E-X-F-O-L-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.
- 2The removal of a layer of dead skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
- 3The loss of leaves from a plant.
Etymology
From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “exfoliation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-F-O-L-I-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.