# expel

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪkˈspɛl/ · frequency rank #20,631

## Definitions
1. To eject.
2. To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
3. To remove from membership.
4. To deport.

## Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

## Easily confused with
- **expo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expel-vs-expo)
- **expert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expel-vs-expert)
- **expend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expel-vs-expend)
- **eel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eel-vs-expel)
- **EPL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/epl-vs-expel)
- **exe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exe-vs-expel)
- **exec** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exec-vs-expel)
- **exes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exes-vs-expel)
- **excel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excel-vs-expel)
- **Ethel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ethel-vs-expel)
- **expat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expat-vs-expel)
- **easel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/easel-vs-expel)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expect-vs-expel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`epxel`, `exepl`, `expell`, `exple`, `exppel`, `exxpel`, `xepel`

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