# exhilarating

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #24,746

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of exhilarate

## Etymology
By surface analysis, exhilarate + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **exhilaration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exhilarating-vs-exhilaration)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ehxilarating`, `exhhilarating`, `exhialrating`, `exhilaarting`, `exhilaraitng`, `exhilaratign`, `exhilaratingg`, `exhilaratinng`, `exhilaratnig`, `exhilaratting`, `exhilarrating`, `exhilartaing`, `exhillarating`, `exhilraating`, `exhliarating`, `exihlarating`, `exxhilarating`, `xehilarating`

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