ejidosvséxitosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#47,091
“ejidos” frequency rank
#4,963
“éxitos” frequency rank
52054
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejidos éxitos
Definition Forma del plural de ejido. Forma del plural de éxito.

Where the eye mixes ejidos and éxitos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ejidos and éxitos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
ejidos
6 ch
éxitos

Visual trap between ejidos and éxitos

A purely visual mix-up. ejidos ([eˈxið̞os]) and éxitos ([ˈeksit̪os]) 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 52054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejidos is recorded at frequency rank #47,091, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈxið̞os]. éxitos is at rank #4,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksit̪os].

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 52054, this pair ranks #94,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejidos vs éxitos

Shared letters: ios. Private to "ejidos": dej. Private to "éxitos": txé.

"ejidos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "éxitos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ejidos ← eijdos · ejdios · ejiddos · ejidoss · ejidso · ejiods · ejjidos · jeidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ejidos" and "éxitos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈxið̞os] versus [ˈeksit̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ejidos" vs "éxitos" - which ranks higher?
"éxitos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,963 in our Spanish list, against #47,091 for "ejidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "ejidos" and "éxitos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ejidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éxitos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,645 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejidos" and "éxitos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ejidos vs épicos". 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 #94,645 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