Which to use
“ejercido” is a verb and “ejército” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,077
- “ejercido” frequency rank
- #683
- “ejército” frequency rank
- 15760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ejercido | ejército |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de ejercer. | Conjunto grande y organizado de soldados que combaten en común. |
Where the eye mixes ejercido and ejército
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ejercido vs ejército
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ejercido is [exeɾˈsið̞o] while ejército is [eˈxeɾsit̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ejercido is recorded at frequency rank #15,077, classified as averb, pronounced [exeɾˈsið̞o]. ejército is at rank #683, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eˈxeɾsit̪o].
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 15760, this pair ranks #278,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ejercido vs ejército
Shared letters: ceijor. Private to "ejercido": d. Private to "ejército": té.
"ejercido" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "ejército" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ejercido ← eejrcido · ejecrido · ejerccido · ejercdio · ejerciddo · ejerciod · ejericdo · ejerrcido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ejercido" for "ejército" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ejercido" vs "ejército" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ejercido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ejército" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ejercido" and "ejército" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejercían vs ejercido". 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 #278,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.