exposure
/ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“exposure” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,447 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,447
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La condición de estar expuesto, descubierto o desprotegido; exposición.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exposure |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “exposure” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
exposure is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,447 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
exposure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is exposure, spelled E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1La condición de estar expuesto, descubierto o desprotegido; exposición.
- 2Falta de protección de la intemperie o de los elementos; exposición.
- 3El acto de exponer algo, tal como un escándalo.
- 4El acto o condición de estar en riesgo de pérdidas financieras.
- 5Esa parte que enfrenta o está expuesta a algo, v. gr. al sol, tiempo, cielo o a una vista; exposición.
- 6Una instancia de tomar una fotografía; exposición.
- 7La parte del film expuesta a la luz.
- 8Detalles del tiempo y número f usados; exposición.
- 9La cantidad de sol, viento, etc. recibida por un sitio particular.
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 “exposure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-P-O-S-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.