# extermination

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,441

## Definitions
1. The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
2. Elimination.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French extermination, itself a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin exterminātiō.

## Easily confused with
- **exterminator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extermination-vs-exterminator)

## Common misspellings (20)
`etxermination`, `exetrmination`, `extemrination`, `exterimnation`, `extermiantion`, `exterminaiton`, `exterminasion`, `exterminatino`, `exterminationn`, `exterminatoin`, `exterminattion`, `exterminnation`, `extermintaion`, `extermmination`, `extermniation`, `exterrmination`, `extremination`, `exttermination`, `exxtermination`, `xetermination`

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