exorbitant

\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃\

/\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“exorbitant” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,354
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En dehors du droit commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-exorbitant · exorbitant · French

exorbitant · rank #29,354 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #29,354
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH exclamation

Nearest frequency peer: exclamation (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « exorbitant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « exorbitant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

exorbitant vs exorbitants
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for exorbitant
PropertyValue
Headwordexorbitant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#29,354
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « exorbitant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).exorbitantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « exclamation » (#29,353), « Fargo » (#29,355), « excision » (#29,352). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « exorbitant » est au #29,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around exorbitant (IPA \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,354 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for exorbitant, with forms such as "eoxrbitant", "exobritant", and "exorbbitant". 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, "exorbitants", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is exorbitant, spelled E-X-O-R-B-I-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    En dehors du droit commun.
  2. 2
    Qui est excessif ; qui sort des bornes, de la mesure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how exorbitant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Action pénale exorbitante du droit commun.
  2. « Les citoyens du Québec sont en droit de s’attendre à ce qu’un organisme muni des pouvoirs importants et presque exorbitants tels que ceux qui ont été conférés à l’UPAC agisse de façon prudente et équitable », soutiennent MM. Bonhomme et Despaties.

This word in other languages

exorbitant(English)exorbitante(Español)exorbitant(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eoxrbitant
  • exobritant
  • exorbbitant
  • exorbiatnt
  • exorbitannt
  • exorbitantt
  • exorbitatn
  • exorbitnat
  • exorbittant
  • exorbtiant
  • exoribtant
  • exorrbitant
  • exrobitant
  • exxorbitant
  • xeorbitant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exorbitant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eoxrbitant2exobritant2exorbbitant1exorbiatnt2exorbitannt1exorbitantt1exorbitatn2exorbitnat2
Edit distance from "exorbitant"

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 "exorbitant"?
"exorbitant" is spelled E-X-O-R-B-I-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃\.
What does "exorbitant" mean?
As an adjective, "exorbitant" means: En dehors du droit commun.
What words are commonly confused with "exorbitant"?
"exorbitant" is commonly confused with "exorbitants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "exorbitant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "exorbitant" is \ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "exorbitant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exorbitant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list