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

#34,569
“erigió” frequency rank
#13,245
“exigió” frequency rank
47814
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes erigió and exigió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. erigió and exigió 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
exigió

Visual trap between erigió and exigió

A purely visual mix-up. erigió ([eɾiˈxjo]) and exigió ([eksiˈxjo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - r in “erigió” becomes x in “exigió”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47814, 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]. exigió is at rank #13,245, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈxjo].

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 47814, this pair ranks #117,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of erigió vs exigió

Shared letters: egió. Private to "erigió": r. Private to "exigió": x.

"erigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "exigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "erigió" and "exigió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eɾiˈxjo] versus [eksiˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "erigió" or "exigió" show up more?
"exigió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,245 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "erigió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "erigió" and "exigió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erigida vs erigió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #117,952 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