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

#6,667
“exacta” frequency rank
#10,850
“exactas” frequency rank
17517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exacta exactas
Definition Forma del femenino de exacto. Forma del femenino plural de exacto.

Where the eye mixes exacta and exactas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
exacta
7 ch
exactas

Look-alike desk: exacta vs exactas

A purely visual mix-up. exacta ([ekˈsakt̪a]) and exactas ([ekˈsakt̪as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “exacta” sits inside “exactas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exacta is recorded at frequency rank #6,667, classified as anadj, pronounced [ekˈsakt̪a]. exactas is at rank #10,850, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekˈsakt̪as].

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 17517, this pair ranks #271,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of exacta vs exactas

Shared letters: acetx. Private to "exacta": -. Private to "exactas": s.

"exacta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "exactas" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exactaeaxcta · exacat · exaccta · exactta · exatca · excata · exxacta · xeacta
  • exactaseaxctas · exacats · exacctas · exactass · exactsa · exacttas · exatcas · excatas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exacta" and "exactas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ekˈsakt̪a] versus [ekˈsakt̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exacta" or "exactas" show up more?
"exacta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,667 in our Spanish list, against #10,850 for "exactas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exacta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exactas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #271,773 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exacta" and "exactas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exacta vs excita". 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 #271,773 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