ejidovsevitóWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ejido is a noun, evitó is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ejido” is a noun and “evitó” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,417
“ejido” frequency rank
#16,576
“evitó” frequency rank
33993
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejido evitó
Definition Campo o tierra que está a la salida del pueblo, que no se planta ni se labra, y es común para todos los vecinos y suele servir de era para descargar en él las mieses y limpiarlas. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de evitar.

Where the eye mixes ejido and evitó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. ejido and evitó follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
ejido
5 ch
evitó

Visual trap between ejido and evitó

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ejido is [eˈxið̞o] while evitó is [eβ̞iˈt̪o]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejido is recorded at frequency rank #17,417, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈxið̞o]. evitó is at rank #16,576, tagged as averb, pronounced [eβ̞iˈt̪o].

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 33993, this pair ranks #193,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejido vs evitó

Shared letters: ei. Private to "ejido": djo. Private to "evitó": tvó.

"ejido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "evitó" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejido ← eijdo · ejdio · ejiddo · ejiod · ejjido · jeido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ejido" and "evitó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ejido" is a noun and "evitó" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ejido" vs "evitó" - which ranks higher?
"evitó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,576 in our Spanish list, against #17,417 for "ejido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ejido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evitó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejido" and "evitó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evitó vs exit". 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 #193,780 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