ejercerávsejercidaTell them apart

Quick tell: ejercerá is a verb, ejercida is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ejercerá” is a verb and “ejercida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,668
“ejercerá” frequency rank
#19,389
“ejercida” frequency rank
58057
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejercerá ejercida
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de ejercer o de ejercerse. Forma del femenino de ejercido, participio de ejercer.

Where the eye mixes ejercerá and ejercida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
ejercerá
8 ch
ejercida

Look-alike desk: ejercerá vs ejercida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ejercerá is [exeɾseˈɾa] while ejercida is [exeɾˈsið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58057, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejercerá is recorded at frequency rank #38,668, classified as averb, pronounced [exeɾseˈɾa]. ejercida is at rank #19,389, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [exeɾˈsið̞a].

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 58057, this pair ranks #67,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ejercerá vs ejercida

Shared letters: cejr. Private to "ejercerá": á. Private to "ejercida": adi.

"ejercerá" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "ejercida" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejercidaeejrcida · ejecrida · ejerccida · ejercdia · ejerciad · ejercidda · ejericda · ejerrcida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ejercerá" for "ejercida" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ejercerá" is a verb and "ejercida" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ejercerá" or "ejercida" show up more?
"ejercida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,389 in our Spanish list, against #38,668 for "ejercerá". 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 "ejercerá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ejercida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejercerá" and "ejercida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejercían vs ejercida". 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 #67,961 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