Which to use
“exhiben” and “exhibir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,671
- “exhiben” frequency rank
- #18,829
- “exhibir” frequency rank
- 40500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exhiben | exhibir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exhibir o de exhibirse. | Hacer visible o manifiesto; mostrar, especialmente de modo público. |
Where the eye mixes exhiben and exhibir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exhiben and exhibir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: exhiben vs exhibir
A purely visual mix-up. exhiben ([eksˈiβ̞ẽn]) and exhibir ([eksiˈβ̞iɾ]) 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 40500, 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]. exhibir is at rank #18,829, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈβ̞iɾ].
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 40500, this pair ranks #158,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exhiben vs exhibir
Shared letters: behix. Private to "exhiben": n. Private to "exhibir": r.
"exhiben" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "exhibir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exhiben" for "exhibir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "exhiben" or "exhibir"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exhiben" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exhibir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exhiben" and "exhibir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhibida vs exhibir". 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 #158,745 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.