Exerpt or excerpt?
Did you mean excerpt? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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exerpt
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excerpt
Correct spelling: excerpt. Misspelling: exerpt.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
It keeps the C after the X: ex-CERPT.
Why people write “exerpt”
The misspelling “exerpt” is only one letter off: it leaves out the C.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make excerpt automatic.
Other misspellings of “excerpt”
People also write “excert”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“excert”
Correct spelling: excerpt. Misspelling: excert.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “excert” is only one letter off: it leaves out the P.
What does “excerpt” mean?
excerpt noun
- a passage selected from a larger work
“he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings”
Synonyms:excerptionextractselection
excerpt verb
- take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
Synonyms:extract
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Excerpt” in a sentence
- Read an excerpt from the novel.
- He presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings.
Is “excerpt” a playable word?
18 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“exerpt” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EXCERPT.