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.
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?
Frequency check: "exhiben" vs "exhibió" - which ranks higher?
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.