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

#42,436
“exageran” frequency rank
#20,360
“exagerar” frequency rank
62796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exageran exagerar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exagerar. Dar una dimensión excesiva a algo; percibirlo, presentarlo o reaccionar ante ello fuera de las proporciones realistas o justas (mayor, menor, mejor o peor de lo que es).

Where the eye mixes exageran and exagerar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
exageran
8 ch
exagerar

Look-alike desk: exageran vs exagerar

A purely visual mix-up. exageran ([eksaˈxeɾãn]) and exagerar ([eksaxeˈɾaɾ]) 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 - n in “exageran” becomes r in “exagerar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exageran is recorded at frequency rank #42,436, classified as averb, pronounced [eksaˈxeɾãn]. exagerar is at rank #20,360, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksaxeˈɾaɾ].

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 62796, this pair ranks #50,806 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exageran vs exagerar

Shared letters: aegrx. Private to "exageran": n. Private to "exagerar": -.

"exageran" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "exagerar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exageraneaxgeran · exaegran · exagearn · exagerann · exagerna · exagerran · exaggeran · exagrean
  • exagerareaxgerar · exaegrar · exagearr · exagerarr · exagerra · exagerrar · exaggerar · exagrear

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exageran" for "exagerar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksaˈxeɾãn] versus [eksaxeˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exageran" vs "exagerar" - which ranks higher?
"exagerar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,360 in our Spanish list, against #42,436 for "exageran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exageran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exagerar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,806 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exageran" and "exagerar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exageran vs exagero". 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 #50,806 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