excrétion

\ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“excrétion” is an uncommon French word, ranked #63,733 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#63,733
frequency rank, French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle les matières liquides ou solides sécrétées sont poussées au-dehors ou portées dans les réservoirs où elles doivent séjourner.

Key facts for excrétion
PropertyValue
Headwordexcrétion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#63,733
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “excrétion” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). excrétion lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for excrétion is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #63,733 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action par laquelle les matières liquides ou solides sécrétées sont poussées au-dehors ou portées dans les réservoirs où elles doivent séjourner.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for excrétion in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is excrétion, spelled E-X-C-R-É-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle les matières liquides ou solides sécrétées sont poussées au-dehors ou portées dans les réservoirs où elles doivent séjourner.

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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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "excrétion"?
"excrétion" is spelled E-X-C-R-É-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\.
What does "excrétion" mean?
As a noun, "excrétion" means: Action par laquelle les matières liquides ou solides sécrétées sont poussées au-dehors ou portées dans les réservoirs où elles doivent séjourner.
How do you pronounce "excrétion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "excrétion" is \ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "excrétion" come from?
"excrétion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “excrétion”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is E-X-C-R-É-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛks.kʁe.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list