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

#13,897
“ejecuta” frequency rank
#38,079
“ejecuten” frequency rank
51976
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejecuta ejecuten
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ejecutar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de ejecutar.

Where the eye mixes ejecuta and ejecuten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
ejecuta
8 ch
ejecuten

Why the eye confuses ejecuta with ejecuten

A purely visual mix-up. ejecuta ([exeˈkut̪a]) and ejecuten ([exeˈkut̪ẽn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51976, 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]. ejecuten is at rank #38,079, tagged as averb, pronounced [exeˈkut̪ẽn].

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 51976, this pair ranks #95,068 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejecuta vs ejecuten

Shared letters: cejtu. Private to "ejecuta": a. Private to "ejecuten": n.

"ejecuta" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "ejecuten" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejecutaeejcuta · ejceuta · ejeccuta · ejectua · ejecuat · ejecutta · ejeucta · ejjecuta
  • ejecuteneejcuten · ejceuten · ejeccuten · ejectuen · ejecuetn · ejecutenn · ejecutne · ejecutten

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ejecuta" and "ejecuten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([exeˈkut̪a] versus [exeˈkut̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ejecuta" or "ejecuten"?
"ejecuta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,897 in our Spanish list, against #38,079 for "ejecuten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecuta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecuten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,068 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejecuta" and "ejecuten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejecuten vs ejecutor". 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 #95,068 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