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

#5,396
“exclusiva” frequency rank
#6,058
“exclusivo” frequency rank
11454
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exclusiva exclusivo
Definition Forma del femenino de exclusivo. Que excluye o que tiene poder para excluir.

Where the eye mixes exclusiva and exclusivo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. exclusiva and exclusivo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
exclusiva
9 ch
exclusivo

Why the eye confuses exclusiva with exclusivo

A purely visual mix-up. exclusiva ([ekskluˈsiβ̞a]) and exclusivo ([ekskluˈsiβ̞o]) 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 - a in “exclusiva” becomes o in “exclusivo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exclusiva is recorded at frequency rank #5,396, classified as anadj, pronounced [ekskluˈsiβ̞a]. exclusivo is at rank #6,058, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekskluˈsiβ̞o].

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 11454, this pair ranks #295,059 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of exclusiva vs exclusivo

Shared letters: ceilsuvx. Private to "exclusiva": a. Private to "exclusivo": o.

"exclusiva" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "exclusivo" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exclusivaecxlusiva · excclusiva · excllusiva · exclsuiva · excluciva · excluisva · exclusiav · exclusiba
  • exclusivoecxlusivo · excclusivo · excllusivo · exclsuivo · exclucivo · excluisvo · exclusibo · exclusiov

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exclusiva" for "exclusivo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekskluˈsiβ̞a] versus [ekskluˈsiβ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exclusiva" vs "exclusivo" - which ranks higher?
"exclusiva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,396 in our Spanish list, against #6,058 for "exclusivo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exclusiva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exclusivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #295,059 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exclusiva" and "exclusivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluida vs exclusiva". 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 #295,059 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