# express

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪkˈspɹɛs/ · frequency rank #2,110

## Definitions
1. Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
2. Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
3. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
4. Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

## Etymology
From French exprès, from Latin expressus, past participle of exprimere (see Etymology 2, below).

## Easily confused with
- **expressed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/express-vs-expressed)
- **expressly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/express-vs-expressly)
- **excess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excess-vs-express)
- **egress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/egress-vs-express)
- **empress** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/empress-vs-express)
- **espresso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/espresso-vs-express)

## Common misspellings (9)
`epxress`, `experss`, `exppress`, `expres`, `exprress`, `exprses`, `exrpess`, `exxpress`, `xepress`

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