# expedition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ · frequency rank #7,222

## Definitions
1. The act of expediting something; prompt execution.
2. A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
3. The quality of being expedite; speed, quickness.
4. An important or long journey, for example a march or a voyage.
5. A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
6. The group of people making such excursion.
7. The process or activities of performing expediter tasks.

## Etymology
From Middle French expédition, and its source, Latin expeditio.

## Easily confused with
- **exposition** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expedition-vs-exposition)

## Common misspellings (15)
`epxedition`, `exepdition`, `expdeition`, `expeddition`, `expediiton`, `expedision`, `expeditino`, `expeditionn`, `expeditoin`, `expedittion`, `expedtiion`, `expeidtion`, `exppedition`, `exxpedition`, `xepedition`

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