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

#9,106
“ejecutado” frequency rank
#20,006
“ejecutan” frequency rank
29112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejecutado ejecutan
Definition Participio de ejecutar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ejecutar.

Where the eye mixes ejecutado and ejecutan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ejecutado runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against ejecutan's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
ejecutado
8 ch
ejecutan

Visual trap between ejecutado and ejecutan

A purely visual mix-up. ejecutado ([exekuˈt̪að̞o]) and ejecutan ([exeˈkut̪ãn]) 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 29112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejecutado is recorded at frequency rank #9,106, classified as averb, pronounced [exekuˈt̪að̞o]. ejecutan is at rank #20,006, tagged as averb, pronounced [exeˈkut̪ãn].

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 29112, this pair ranks #218,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejecutado vs ejecutan

Shared letters: acejtu. Private to "ejecutado": do. Private to "ejecutan": n.

"ejecutado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV  ·  "ejecutan" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejecutado ← eejcutado · ejceutado · ejeccutado · ejectuado · ejecuatdo · ejecutaddo · ejecutaod · ejecutdao
  • ejecutan ← eejcutan · ejceutan · ejeccutan · ejectuan · ejecuatn · ejecutann · ejecutna · ejecuttan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ejecutado" for "ejecutan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([exekuˈt̪að̞o] versus [exeˈkut̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ejecutado" vs "ejecutan" - which ranks higher?
"ejecutado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,106 in our Spanish list, against #20,006 for "ejecutan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecutado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecutan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejecutado" and "ejecutan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejecutan 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 #218,637 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