# extravagance

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪkˈstɹævəɡən(t)s/ · frequency rank #36,551

## Definitions
1. Excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
2. Prodigality, as of anger, love, expression, imagination, or demands.
3. Something extravagant; something done out of extravagance.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French extravagance, from Medieval Latin extra + vagor (“to wander”).

## Easily confused with
- **extravagant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extravagance-vs-extravagant)
- **extravaganza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extravagance-vs-extravaganza)

## Common misspellings (19)
`etxravagance`, `exrtavagance`, `extarvagance`, `extraavgance`, `extravaagnce`, `extravagacne`, `extravagancce`, `extravaganec`, `extravagannce`, `extravagence`, `extravaggance`, `extravagnace`, `extravgaance`, `extravvagance`, `extrravagance`, `extrvaagance`, `exttravagance`, `exxtravagance`, `xetravagance`

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