elencovsexentoConfusable pair

Quick tell: elenco is a noun, exento is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“elenco” is a noun and “exento” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,564
“elenco” frequency rank
#20,363
“exento” frequency rank
31927
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature elenco exento
Definition Conjunto de personas que trabajan en conjunto, especialmente en un espectáculo teatral o de otro tipo. Que no está sujeto o sometido a determinada obligación o situación gravosa.

Where the eye mixes elenco and exento

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. elenco and exento follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
elenco
6 ch
exento

Look-alike desk: elenco vs exento

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: elenco is [eˈlẽŋko] while exento is [ekˈsẽn̪t̪o]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

elenco is recorded at frequency rank #11,564, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈlẽŋko]. exento is at rank #20,363, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekˈsẽn̪t̪o].

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 31927, this pair ranks #204,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of elenco vs exento

Shared letters: eno. Private to "elenco": cl. Private to "exento": tx.

"elenco" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "exento" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • elenco ← eelnco · elecno · elencco · elennco · elenoc · ellenco · elneco · leenco
  • exento ← eexnto · exennto · exenot · exentto · exetno · exneto · exxento · xeento

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "elenco" and "exento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "elenco" is a noun and "exento" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "elenco" or "exento" show up more?
"elenco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,564 in our Spanish list, against #20,363 for "exento". 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 "elenco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "elenco" and "exento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "event vs exento". 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 #204,596 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