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

#20,006
“ejecutan” frequency rank
#6,051
“ejecutar” frequency rank
26057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejecutan ejecutar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de ejecutar. Hacer, realizar, poner por obra alguna cosa.

Where the eye mixes ejecutan and ejecutar

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

8 ch
ejecutan
8 ch
ejecutar

Visual trap between ejecutan and ejecutar

A purely visual mix-up. ejecutan ([exeˈkut̪ãn]) and ejecutar ([exekuˈt̪aɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “ejecutan” becomes r in “ejecutar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejecutan is recorded at frequency rank #20,006, classified as averb, pronounced [exeˈkut̪ãn]. ejecutar is at rank #6,051, tagged as averb, pronounced [exekuˈt̪aɾ].

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 26057, this pair ranks #233,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejecutan vs ejecutar

Shared letters: acejtu. Private to "ejecutan": n. Private to "ejecutar": r.

"ejecutan" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "ejecutar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejecutaneejcutan · ejceutan · ejeccutan · ejectuan · ejecuatn · ejecutann · ejecutna · ejecuttan
  • ejecutareejcutar · ejceutar · ejeccutar · ejectuar · ejecuatr · ejecutarr · ejecutra · ejecuttar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ejecutan" for "ejecutar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([exeˈkut̪ãn] versus [exekuˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ejecutan" or "ejecutar"?
"ejecutar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,051 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.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecutan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ejecutar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,541 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejecutan" and "ejecutar" 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 #233,541 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