exuberance
/ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
"exuberance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exuberance” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #37,451 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,451
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exuberance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exuberance” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for exuberance is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/. Corpus data places it at rank #37,451 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for exuberance, with forms such as "euxberance", "exbuerance", and "exubberance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "exuberant", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) + uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dr… The correct English form is exuberance, spelled E-X-U-B-E-R-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
- 2An instance of exuberant behaviour.
- 3An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
- 4An abundance of wealth.
Etymology
From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) + uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: euxberance,exbuerance,exubberance,exubearnce,exuberacne,exuberancce,exuberanec,exuberannce,exuberence,exubernace,exuberrance,exubreance,exuebrance,exxuberance,xeuberance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exuberance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “exuberance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-X-U-B-E-R-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “exuberant” - see the side-by-side comparison. exuberance vs exuberant
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.