# extract

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛkstɹækt/ · frequency rank #6,902

## Definitions
1. Something that is extracted or drawn out.
2. A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
4. Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained
5. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
6. A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
7. Ancestry; descent.
8. A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extractum, neuter perfect passive participle of extrahō, from ex- (“out of”) + trahō (“to drag”).

## Easily confused with
- **extras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extract-vs-extras)
- **extracted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extract-vs-extracted)
- **extractor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extract-vs-extractor)
- **exact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exact-vs-extract)
- **extant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extant-vs-extract)
- **extinct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extinct-vs-extract)
- **entrant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entrant-vs-extract)

## Common misspellings (11)
`etxract`, `exrtact`, `extarct`, `extracct`, `extractt`, `extratc`, `extrcat`, `extrract`, `exttract`, `exxtract`, `xetract`

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