ex
[ˈeks]
The verdict
“ex” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #743) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #743
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que ya ha finalizado el estado al que hace referencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ex · ex · Spanish
ex · rank #743 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #743
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estilo
Nearest frequency peer: estilo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ex”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dije
dije
99,261 corpus weight
- entrar
entrar
99,260 corpus weight
- estilo
estilo
99,259 corpus weight
- ex
ex
99,258 corpus weight
- juegos
juegos
99,256 corpus weight
- lejos
lejos
99,255 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ex” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ex |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeks] |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #743 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ex” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ex is neighbouring look-alikes ("ey", "eye", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈeks]. Frequency #743 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Gloss: "Que ya ha finalizado el estado al que hace referencia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ex in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ey", "eye", "expo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ex, spelled E-X.
Definition
- 1Que ya ha finalizado el estado al que hace referencia.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.