# expend

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪkˈspɛnd/ · frequency rank #32,801

## Definitions
1. To consume, exhaust (some resource).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin expendō (“I weigh; I pay out”). Doublet of spend.

## Easily confused with
- **expert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-expert)
- **extent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-extent)
- **extend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-extend)
- **expense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-expense)
- **extends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-extends)
- **expel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expel-vs-expend)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expect-vs-expend)
- **expand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expand-vs-expend)
- **exceed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-expend)

## Common misspellings (9)
`epxend`, `exepnd`, `expedn`, `expendd`, `expennd`, `expned`, `exppend`, `exxpend`, `xepend`

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