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Which to use

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

#1,344
“evento” frequency rank
#22,011
“exentos” frequency rank
23355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evento exentos
Definition Suceso de importancia social o personal. Forma del plural de exento.

Where the eye mixes evento and exentos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. evento runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against exentos's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
evento
7 ch
exentos

Visual trap between evento and exentos

A purely visual mix-up. evento ([eˈβ̞ẽn̪t̪o]) and exentos ([ekˈsẽn̪t̪os]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evento is recorded at frequency rank #1,344, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈβ̞ẽn̪t̪o]. exentos is at rank #22,011, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekˈsẽn̪t̪os].

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 23355, this pair ranks #246,181 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of evento vs exentos

Shared letters: enot. Private to "evento": v. Private to "exentos": sx.

"evento" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "exentos" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evento ← ebento · eevnto · evennto · evenot · eventto · evetno · evneto · evvento
  • exentos ← eexntos · exenntos · exenots · exentoss · exentso · exenttos · exetnos · exnetos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "evento" for "exentos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈβ̞ẽn̪t̪o] versus [ekˈsẽn̪t̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "evento" vs "exentos" - which ranks higher?
"evento" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,344 in our Spanish list, against #22,011 for "exentos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "evento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exentos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #246,181 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evento" and "exentos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "events vs exentos". 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 #246,181 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