experience
/ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪəns/
"experience" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“experience” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #541 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #541
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintanc...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | experience |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪəns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “experience” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for experience is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪəns/. Corpus data places it at rank #541 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for experience, with forms such as "epxerience", "exeprience", and "expeirence". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "experienced", "experiences", "expediency", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + per… The correct English form is experience, spelled E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
- 2An activity one has performed.
- 3A collection of events and/or activities from which an individual or group may gather knowledge, opinions, and skills.
- 4The knowledge thus gathered.
- 5A business offering in which a major focus is the way that the customer interacts with the business throughout the transaction, as opposed to only its outcome (the product or service).
- 6Synonym of experience points
- 7Trial; a test or experiment.
Etymology
From Middle English experience, from Old French, from Latin experientia (“a trial, proof, experiment, experimental knowledge, experience”), from experiens, present participle of experiri (“to try, put to the test, undertake, undergo”), from ex (“out”) + peritus (“experienced, expert”), past participle of *periri (“to go through”); see expert and peril. Displaced native Old English āfandung (“experience”) and āfandian (“to experience”).
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epxerience,exeprience,expeirence,expereince,experiance,experiecne,experiencce,experienec,experiennce,experinece,experrience,expperience,expreience,exxperience,xeperience
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of experience - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “experience”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪəns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “experienced” - see the side-by-side comparison. experience vs experienced
- 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.