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

#34,569
“erigió” frequency rank
#16,098
“exigía” frequency rank
50667
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature erigió exigía
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de erigir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de exigir.

Where the eye mixes erigió and exigía

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

6 ch
erigió
6 ch
exigía

Visual trap between erigió and exigía

A purely visual mix-up. erigió ([eɾiˈxjo]) and exigía ([eksiˈxia]) 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 50667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

erigió is recorded at frequency rank #34,569, classified as averb, pronounced [eɾiˈxjo]. exigía is at rank #16,098, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈxia].

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 50667, this pair ranks #101,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of erigió vs exigía

Shared letters: egi. Private to "erigió": ró. Private to "exigía": axí.

"erigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "exigía" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "erigió" and "exigía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eɾiˈxjo] versus [eksiˈxia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "erigió" or "exigía"?
"exigía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,098 in our Spanish list, against #34,569 for "erigió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "erigió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "erigió" and "exigía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erigida vs erigió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #101,971 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