# Exxon

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,381

## Definitions
1. A trade name of ExxonMobil, primarily used in the United States of America.
2. A former petrochemical company, now part of ExxonMobil.

## Etymology
Variant of the originally proposed Exon (in keeping with the four-letter format of Enco and Esso), to avoid having the name of J. James Exon, governor of Nebraska, which might have suggested a conflict of interest.

## Easily confused with
- **eon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eon-vs-exxon)
- **expo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expo-vs-exxon)
- **elon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elon-vs-exxon)
- **econ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/econ-vs-exxon)
- **Eton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-exxon)
- **exon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exon-vs-exxon)
- **Eaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaton-vs-exxon)
- **Elton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elton-vs-exxon)
- **Enron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enron-vs-exxon)
- **Efron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/efron-vs-exxon)
- **Eldon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eldon-vs-exxon)
- **Eamon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eamon-vs-exxon)
- **Edson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edson-vs-exxon)

## Common misspellings (4)
`exoxn`, `exxno`, `exxonn`, `xexon`

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