exoneration

noun

"exoneration" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“exoneration” is an uncommon English word, ranked #60,799 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#60,799
frequency rank, English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.

Key facts for exoneration
PropertyValue
Headwordexoneration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,799
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “exoneration” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). exoneration lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for exoneration is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #60,799 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

exoneration has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin exonerātiō. By surface analysis, exonerate + -ion. The correct English form is exoneration, spelled E-X-O-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
  2. 2
    The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Etymology

From Latin exonerātiō. By surface analysis, exonerate + -ion.

This word in other languages

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 "exoneration"?
"exoneration" is spelled E-X-O-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "exoneration" mean?
As a noun, "exoneration" means: An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
What is the origin of the word "exoneration"?
From Latin exonerātiō. By surface analysis, exonerate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “exoneration”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is E-X-O-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list