enojovséxodoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,515
“enojo” frequency rank
#14,990
“éxodo” frequency rank
23505
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enojo éxodo
Definition Conmoción del ánimo, que causa ira o enfado. Salida o migración repentina de un gran número de gente.

Where the eye mixes enojo and éxodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. enojo 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
enojo
5 ch
éxodo

Visual trap between enojo and éxodo

A purely visual mix-up. enojo ([eˈnoxo]) 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 23505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enojo is recorded at frequency rank #8,515, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈnoxo]. 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 23505, this pair ranks #245,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enojo vs éxodo

Shared letters: o. Private to "enojo": ejn. Private to "éxodo": dxé.

"enojo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "éxodo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enojo ← enjoo · ennojo · enojjo · enooj · eonjo · neojo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enojo" and "éxodo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eˈnoxo] versus [ˈeksoð̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enojo" or "éxodo"?
"enojo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,515 in our Spanish list, against #14,990 for "éxodo". 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 "enojo" and "éxodo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enojo" 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 #245,489 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enojo" and "éxodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enojo vs enojos". 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 #245,489 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