exorbitant
/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/
"exorbitant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exorbitant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,539. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,539
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-exorbitant · exorbitant · English
exorbitant · rank #28,539 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,539
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH expat
Nearest frequency peer: expat (+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 “exorbitant”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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71,466 corpus weight
- exorbitant
exorbitant
71,462 corpus weight
- expat
expat
71,461 corpus weight
- experimenta…
experimentally
71,460 corpus weight
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eyelid
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What this shows “exorbitant” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exorbitant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #28,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “exorbitant”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around exorbitant (IPA /ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,539 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for exorbitant, with forms such as "eoxrbitant", "exobritant", and "exorbbitant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English exorbitant, through Old French from Late Latin exorbitāns, present active participle of exorbitō (“to go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare French exorbitant. The correct English form is exorbitant, spelled E-X-O-R-B-I-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exorbitant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It’s a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.
You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt.
Etymology
From Middle English exorbitant, through Old French from Late Latin exorbitāns, present active participle of exorbitō (“to go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare French exorbitant.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eoxrbitant
- exobritant
- exorbbitant
- exorbiatnt
- exorbitannt
- exorbitantt
- exorbitatn
- exorbitnat
- exorbittant
- exorbtiant
- exoribtant
- exorrbitant
- exrobitant
- exxorbitant
- xeorbitant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exorbitant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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