Which to use
“excluye” and “excluyen” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,097
- “excluye” frequency rank
- #32,203
- “excluyen” frequency rank
- 48300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excluye | excluyen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de excluir o de excluirse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de excluir o de excluirse. |
Where the eye mixes excluye and excluyen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. excluye runs 7 letters (VCCCVVV) against excluyen's 8 (VCCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between excluye and excluyen
A purely visual mix-up. excluye ([eksˈkluʝe]) and excluyen ([eksˈkluʝẽn]) 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) - “excluye” sits inside “excluyen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excluye is recorded at frequency rank #16,097, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈkluʝe]. excluyen is at rank #32,203, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈkluʝẽn].
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 48300, this pair ranks #115,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excluye vs excluyen
Shared letters: celuxy. Private to "excluye": -. Private to "excluyen": n.
"excluye" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV · "excluyen" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excluye" and "excluyen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excluye" or "excluyen" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "excluye" and "excluyen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excluye" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excluyen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excluye" and "excluyen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluyen vs excluyente". 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 #115,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.