How do you spell Excerpt?
Correct spelling
excerpt
Remember the C before E: ex-C-erpt, like 'pluck' needs the C sound
Why is excerpt spelled this way?
From Latin excerptum, a thing plucked out. EX (out) + CARPERE (to pluck). An excerpt is plucked from the whole — a passage selected from a larger work.
Common misspellings of excerpt
exerptexcerpexcertexscerpt
Example
The teacher read an excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to illustrate the use of metaphor.