exit

/ˈɛksɪt/

//ˈɛksɪt// noun

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"exit" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“exit” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,943
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.

Corpus desk

Index EN-exit · exit · English

exit · rank #3,943 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,943
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH exception

Nearest frequency peer: exception (-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 “exit”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “exit” 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).

exit vs expo
50% similar
exit vs exon
50% similar
exit vs expat
60% similar

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

Key facts for exit
PropertyValue
Headwordexit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɛksɪt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,943
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “exit”

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).exitlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “exception” (#3,942), “expand” (#3,944), “EPIC” (#3,941). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “exit” is #3,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around exit (IPA /ˈɛksɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,943 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for exit, with forms such as "eixt", "exitt", and "exti". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "expo", "exon", "expat", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: 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;… The correct English form is exit, spelled E-X-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
  2. 2
    An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
  3. 3
    A way out.
  4. 4
    A way out.
  5. 5
    The act of departing from life; death.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He made his exit at the opportune time.
  2. On the firſt Day of the eleventh Month of the fortieth Year after the Exit from Egypt, Moſes, after he had numbred the People in the Plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, and found that there was not left a Man of thoſe, whom he had almoſt forty Years before numbered in the Wilderneſs of Sinai, ſave Caleb and Joſhua, by the Command of God made a Covenant…

Etymology

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). Exeō is derived from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + eō (“to go”) (ultimately from ). The English word is cognate with Italian esito, Portuguese êxito, Spanish éxito. Doublet of ejido and exitus. The verb is derived from the noun.

This word in other languages

salida(Español)sortie(Français)Abtritt(Deutsch)saída(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eixt
  • exitt
  • exti
  • exxit
  • xeit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exit - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eixt2exitt1exti2exxit1xeit2
Edit distance from "exit"

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 "exit"?
"exit" is spelled E-X-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛksɪt/.
What does "exit" mean?
As a noun, "exit" means: An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
What words are commonly confused with "exit"?
"exit" is commonly confused with "expo", "exon", "expat". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exit" is /ˈɛksɪt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "exit"?
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) ... 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 "exit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

EPIC#3,941Josh#3,955cant#3,928lips#3,958

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list