# expire

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #14,121

## Definitions
1. To die.
2. To lapse and become invalid.
3. To come to an end; to conclude.
4. To exhale; to breathe out.
5. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
6. To bring to a close; to terminate.
7. To cause to lapse; to invalidate.

## Etymology
From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō (“breathe, be alive”).

## Easily confused with
- **export** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expire-vs-export)
- **expiry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expire-vs-expiry)
- **exposé** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expire-vs-expose)
- **explore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expire-vs-explore)
- **exile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exile-vs-expire)
- **entire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entire-vs-expire)
- **expert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expert-vs-expire)
- **empire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/empire-vs-expire)
- **excite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excite-vs-expire)
- **excise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excise-vs-expire)

## Common misspellings (8)
`epxire`, `exipre`, `expier`, `expirre`, `exppire`, `exprie`, `exxpire`, `xepire`

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