Which to use
“encuestas” is a verb and “expuestas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,705
- “encuestas” frequency rank
- #12,602
- “expuestas” frequency rank
- 17307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encuestas | expuestas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de encuestar. | Forma del femenino plural de expuesto, participio irregular de exponer o de exponerse. |
Where the eye mixes encuestas and expuestas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encuestas and expuestas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between encuestas and expuestas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encuestas is [ẽŋˈkwest̪as] while expuestas is [eksˈpwest̪as]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encuestas is recorded at frequency rank #4,705, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈkwest̪as]. expuestas is at rank #12,602, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eksˈpwest̪as].
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 17307, this pair ranks #272,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of encuestas vs expuestas
Shared letters: aestu. Private to "encuestas": cn. Private to "expuestas": px.
"encuestas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC · "expuestas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encuestas" for "expuestas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "encuestas" vs "expuestas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "encuestas" and "expuestas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encuestas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expuestas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encuestas" and "expuestas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expertas vs expuestas". 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 #272,700 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.