# exon

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,909

## Definitions
1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

## Etymology
Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

## Easily confused with
- **expo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exon-vs-expo)
- **Exxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exon-vs-exxon)
- **ex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ex-vs-exon)
- **en** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/en-vs-exon)
- **eo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eo-vs-exon)
- **ego** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ego-vs-exon)
- **emo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emo-vs-exon)
- **Eos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eos-vs-exon)
- **Edo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edo-vs-exon)
- **evo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evo-vs-exon)
- **een** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/een-vs-exon)
- **exe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exe-vs-exon)
- **Elo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elo-vs-exon)
- **eon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eon-vs-exon)
- **Epo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/epo-vs-exon)
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/even-vs-exon)
- **earn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/earn-vs-exon)
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exit-vs-exon)
- **exam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exam-vs-exon)
- **ESPN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/espn-vs-exon)

## Common misspellings (4)
`eoxn`, `exno`, `exonn`, `xeon`

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