exhaustion
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/noun
exhaustion is spelled E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-O-N: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exhaustion means “The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exhaustion is exhaustions.
How many letters and syllables are in exhaustion?
| Letters | 10: E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is exhaustion?
Exhaustion appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th 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 exhaustion?
- /ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/
Exhaustion 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-exhaustion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exhaustion
- exhaustions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exhaustion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.
- 2
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
- 3
datedThe removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
- 4
datedThe removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
- 5
An exhaustive procedure
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exhaustion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | épuisement , harassement |
| German | Erschöpfung , Ermattung |
| Portuguese | exaustão, esgotamento |
| Spanish | agotamiento , cansancio |
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 exhaustion come from?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).