ejidovséxodoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#17,417
“ejido” frequency rank
#14,990
“éxodo” frequency rank
32407
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejido éxodo
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. Salida o migración repentina de un gran número de gente.

Where the eye mixes ejido and éxodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. ejido and éxodo 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
éxodo

Look-alike desk: ejido vs éxodo

A purely visual mix-up. ejido ([eˈxið̞o]) and éxodo ([ˈeksoð̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32407, 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]. éxodo is at rank #14,990, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksoð̞o].

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 32407, this pair ranks #202,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejido vs éxodo

Shared letters: do. Private to "ejido": eij. Private to "éxodo": xé.

"ejido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "éxodo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ejido" and "éxodo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈxið̞o] versus [ˈeksoð̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "ejido" or "éxodo" show up more?
"éxodo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,990 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.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ejido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éxodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,119 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejido" and "éxodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejido vs ejidos". 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 #202,119 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