Which to use
“excluir” and “excluye” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,848
- “excluir” frequency rank
- #16,097
- “excluye” frequency rank
- 32945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excluir | excluye |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | No admitir o sacar a una persona de un grupo de gente, de una sociedad o de otra reunión o agrupación de personas. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de excluir o de excluirse. |
Where the eye mixes excluir and excluye
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. excluir (VCCCVVC) and excluye (VCCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between excluir and excluye
A purely visual mix-up. excluir ([eksˈklwiɾ]) and excluye ([eksˈkluʝe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excluir is recorded at frequency rank #16,848, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈklwiɾ]. excluye is at rank #16,097, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈkluʝe].
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 32945, this pair ranks #199,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excluir vs excluye
Shared letters: celux. Private to "excluir": ir. Private to "excluye": y.
"excluir" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "excluye" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excluir" for "excluye" ever safe?
Frequency check: "excluir" vs "excluye" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "excluir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excluye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excluir" and "excluye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluye vs excluyen". 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 #199,368 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.