exhibenvsexhibióConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#21,671
“exhiben” frequency rank
#32,657
“exhibió” frequency rank
54328
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exhiben exhibió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exhibir o de exhibirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de exhibir o de exhibirse.

Where the eye mixes exhiben and exhibió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exhiben (VCCVCVC) and exhibió (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
exhiben
7 ch
exhibió

Look-alike desk: exhiben vs exhibió

A purely visual mix-up. exhiben ([eksˈiβ̞ẽn]) and exhibió ([eksiˈβ̞jo]) 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 54328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exhiben is recorded at frequency rank #21,671, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈiβ̞ẽn]. exhibió is at rank #32,657, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈβ̞jo].

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 54328, this pair ranks #83,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exhiben vs exhibió

Shared letters: behix. Private to "exhiben": n. Private to "exhibió": ó.

"exhiben" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "exhibió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exhiben ← ehxiben · exhbien · exhhiben · exhibben · exhibenn · exhibne · exhiebn · exhiven

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exhiben" for "exhibió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksˈiβ̞ẽn] versus [eksiˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exhiben" vs "exhibió" - which ranks higher?
"exhiben" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,671 in our Spanish list, against #32,657 for "exhibió". 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 "exhiben" and "exhibió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exhiben" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exhibió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,840 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exhiben" and "exhibió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhibidos vs exhibió". 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 #83,840 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