# exhortation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɛɡzɔːˈteɪʃən/ · frequency rank #48,227

## Definitions
1. The act or practice of exhorting.
2. Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.

## Etymology
From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.

## Common misspellings (17)
`ehxortation`, `exhhortation`, `exhorattion`, `exhorrtation`, `exhortaiton`, `exhortasion`, `exhortatino`, `exhortationn`, `exhortatoin`, `exhortattion`, `exhorttaion`, `exhorttation`, `exhotration`, `exhrotation`, `exohrtation`, `exxhortation`, `xehortation`

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