exhilaration

noun

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"exhilaration" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“exhilaration” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,908
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

Corpus desk

Index EN-exhilaration · exhilaration · English

exhilaration · rank #49,908 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,908
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH exon

Nearest frequency peer: exon (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “exhilaration”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “exhilaration” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exhilaration vs exhilarating
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exhilaration
PropertyValue
Headwordexhilaration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#49,908
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “exhilaration”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).exhilarationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “exon” (#49,909), “extensible” (#49,911), “extrapolation” (#49,912). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “exhilaration” is #49,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around exhilaration, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,908 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for exhilaration, with forms such as "ehxilaration", "exhhilaration", and "exhialration". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "exhilarating", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From exhilarate + -ion. The correct English form is exhilaration, spelled E-X-H-I-L-A-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
  2. 2
    The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.

Etymology

From exhilarate + -ion.

This word in other languages

regocijo(Español)Erheiterung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ehxilaration
  • exhhilaration
  • exhialration
  • exhilaartion
  • exhilaraiton
  • exhilarasion
  • exhilaratino
  • exhilarationn
  • exhilaratoin
  • exhilarattion
  • exhilarration
  • exhilartaion
  • exhillaration
  • exhilraation
  • exhliaration
  • exihlaration
  • exxhilaration
  • xehilaration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exhilaration - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ehxilaration2exhhilaration1exhialration2exhilaartion2exhilaraiton2exhilarasion1exhilaratino2exhilarationn1
Edit distance from "exhilaration"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exhilaration"?
"exhilaration" is spelled E-X-H-I-L-A-R-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "exhilaration" mean?
As a noun, "exhilaration" means: The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
What words are commonly confused with "exhilaration"?
"exhilaration" is commonly confused with "exhilarating". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "exhilaration"?
From exhilarate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exhilaration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gainsborough#49,935distributive#49,876heartstrings#49,970contemptible#49,841

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

computerised18 variantsinscrutable18 variantsharmoniously18 variantsfurtherance18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list