# exile

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ · frequency rank #9,042

## Definitions
1. The state of being banished from one's home or country.
2. Someone who is banished from his home or country.

## Etymology
From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

## Easily confused with
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exile-vs-exit)
- **exist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exile-vs-exist)
- **expire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exile-vs-expire)
- **exe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exe-vs-exile)
- **ele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ele-vs-exile)
- **evil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evil-vs-exile)
- **Emil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emil-vs-exile)
- **Edie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edie-vs-exile)
- **Evie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evie-vs-exile)
- **Eine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eine-vs-exile)
- **Elie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elie-vs-exile)
- **elite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elite-vs-exile)
- **Emily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emily-vs-exile)
- **eagle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eagle-vs-exile)
- **evils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evils-vs-exile)
- **Elise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elise-vs-exile)
- **Earle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earle-vs-exile)
- **exalt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exalt-vs-exile)
- **engle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/engle-vs-exile)
- **edible** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edible-vs-exile)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eixle`, `exiel`, `exille`, `exlie`, `exxile`, `xeile`

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