exacta
[ekˈsakt̪a]
The verdict
“exacta” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,667 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #6,667
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de exacto.
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 | exacta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ekˈsakt̪a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exacta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for exacta is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ekˈsakt̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,667 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de exacto.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for exacta, with forms such as "eaxcta", "exacat", and "exaccta". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "exacto", "exista", "exenta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is exacta, spelled E-X-A-C-T-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de exacto.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eaxcta,exacat,exaccta,exactta,exatca,excata,exxacta,xeacta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of exacta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “exacta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-A-C-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ekˈsakt̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “exacto” - see the side-by-side comparison. exacta vs exacto
- 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.