egresadovsegresoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: egresado is a verb, egreso is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“egresado” is a verb and “egreso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,709
“egresado” frequency rank
#39,189
“egreso” frequency rank
58898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature egresado egreso
Definition Participio de egresar. Salida, partida de descargo.

Where the eye mixes egresado and egreso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. egresado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against egreso's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
egresado
6 ch
egreso

Visual trap between egresado and egreso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: egresado is [eɣ̞ɾeˈsað̞o] while egreso is [eˈɣ̞ɾeso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

egresado is recorded at frequency rank #19,709, classified as averb, pronounced [eɣ̞ɾeˈsað̞o]. egreso is at rank #39,189, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eˈɣ̞ɾeso].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 58898, this pair ranks #64,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of egresado vs egreso

Shared letters: egors. Private to "egresado": ad. Private to "egreso": -.

"egresado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "egreso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • egresadoegersado · eggresado · egreasdo · egresaddo · egresaod · egresdao · egressado · egrresado
  • egresoegerso · eggreso · egreos · egrreso · egrseo · ergeso · gereso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "egresado" for "egreso" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "egresado" is a verb and "egreso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "egresado" or "egreso" show up more?
"egresado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,709 in our Spanish list, against #39,189 for "egreso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "egresado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "egreso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "egresado" and "egreso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "egeo vs egreso". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #64,692 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list