ex
[ˈeks]
The verdict
“ex” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #743 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #743
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que ya ha finalizado el estado al que hace referencia.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ex is 2 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeks]. Corpus data places it at rank #743 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “ex”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ey” - see the side-by-side comparison. ex vs ey
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.