ejecutavsejecutadoConfusable pair

Which to use

“ejecuta” and “ejecutado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,897
“ejecuta” frequency rank
#9,106
“ejecutado” frequency rank
23003
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejecuta ejecutado
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ejecutar. Participio de ejecutar.

Where the eye mixes ejecuta and ejecutado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
ejecuta
9 ch
ejecutado

Look-alike desk: ejecuta vs ejecutado

A purely visual mix-up. ejecuta ([exeˈkut̪a]) and ejecutado ([exekuˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ejecuta” sits inside “ejecutado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejecuta is recorded at frequency rank #13,897, classified as averb, pronounced [exeˈkut̪a]. ejecutado is at rank #9,106, tagged as averb, pronounced [exekuˈt̪að̞o].

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 23003, this pair ranks #247,782 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ejecuta vs ejecutado

Shared letters: acejtu. Private to "ejecuta": -. Private to "ejecutado": do.

"ejecuta" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "ejecutado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejecutaeejcuta · ejceuta · ejeccuta · ejectua · ejecuat · ejecutta · ejeucta · ejjecuta
  • ejecutadoeejcutado · ejceutado · ejeccutado · ejectuado · ejecuatdo · ejecutaddo · ejecutaod · ejecutdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ejecuta" and "ejecutado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([exeˈkut̪a] versus [exekuˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ejecuta" vs "ejecutado" - which ranks higher?
"ejecutado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,106 in our Spanish list, against #13,897 for "ejecuta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ejecuta" and "ejecutado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecuta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecutado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,782 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejecuta" and "ejecutado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejecuta vs ejecutará". 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 #247,782 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