erigióvsexilioTell them apart

Quick tell: erigió is a verb, exilio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“erigió” is a verb and “exilio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,569
“erigió” frequency rank
#6,183
“exilio” frequency rank
40752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature erigió exilio
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de erigir. Emigración forzosa fuera del propio país.

Where the eye mixes erigió and exilio

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. erigió and exilio 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
exilio

Why the eye confuses erigió with exilio

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: erigió is [eɾiˈxjo] while exilio is [ekˈsiljo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40752, 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]. exilio is at rank #6,183, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekˈsiljo].

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 40752, this pair ranks #157,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of erigió vs exilio

Shared letters: ei. Private to "erigió": gró. Private to "exilio": lox.

"erigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "exilio" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exilio ← eixlio · exiilo · exillio · exiloi · exliio · exxilio · xeilio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "erigió" and "exilio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "erigió" is a verb and "exilio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "erigió" or "exilio"?
"exilio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,183 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.

What to do next

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 "exilio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #157,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "erigió" and "exilio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erigida vs erigió". 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 #157,398 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