exit
ex·it/ˈeɪɡzɪt/noun, verb
exit is spelled E-X-I-T: 4 letters and 2 syllables (ex·it). It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exit means “An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exit is exits.
How many letters and syllables are in exit?
| Letters | 4: E-X-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ex·it |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 3,939th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is exit?
Exit appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th 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 exit?
- UK /ˈɛksɪt/
- UK /ˈɛɡzɪt/
- US /ˈeɪɡzɪt/
Exit has 2 syllables, split ex·it in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-exit.ogg, En-us-exit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exit
- exits plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- exiting participle, present
- exited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
He made his exit at the opportune time.
- 2
The action of an actor leaving a scene or the stage.
- 3
An opening or passage through which one can go from inside a place (such as a building, a room, or a vehicle) to the outside; an egress.
emergency exit fire exit
- 4
A minor road (such as a ramp or slip road) which is used to leave a major road (such as an expressway, highway, or motorway).
There are no services at the next exit.
- 5
The act of departing from life; death.
the untimely exit of a respected politician
verb
- 1
To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
- 2
To leave a scene or depart from a stage.
Desdemona exits stage left.
- 3
To depart from life; to die.
- 4
To end or terminate (a program, subroutine, etc.)
- 5
To depart from or leave (a place or situation).
- 6
To alight or disembark from a vehicle.
- 7
To give up the lead.
- 8
Used as a stage direction for an actor: to leave the scene or stage.
noun
- 1
Acronym of ex utero intrapartum treatment, a specialized surgical procedure used to deliver babies who have airway compression.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sortie , issue , sortir |
| German | Abtritt, Abwanderung, Austritt, Ausstieg , Ausweg, Ausfahrt |
| Portuguese | saída , deixar, sair |
| Spanish | salida, partida , exida, salidero , partir, salir |
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 exit come from?
From Middle English exit, from Latin exitus (“departure, going out; way by which one may go out, egress; (figuratively) conclusion, termination; (figuratively) death; income, revenue”), from exeō (“to depart, exit; to avoid, evade; (figuratively) to escape; of time: to expire, run out”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).