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

#39,749
“exhibida” frequency rank
#44,190
“exigida” frequency rank
83939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exhibida exigida
Definition Forma del femenino de exhibido, participio de exhibir. Forma del femenino de exigido, participio de exigir.

Where the eye mixes exhibida and exigida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exhibida runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against exigida's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
exhibida
7 ch
exigida

Look-alike desk: exhibida vs exigida

A purely visual mix-up. exhibida ([eksiˈβ̞ið̞a]) and exigida ([eksiˈxið̞a]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exhibida is recorded at frequency rank #39,749, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eksiˈβ̞ið̞a]. exigida is at rank #44,190, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eksiˈxið̞a].

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 83939, this pair ranks #7,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exhibida vs exigida

Shared letters: adeix. Private to "exhibida": bh. Private to "exigida": g.

"exhibida" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "exigida" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exhibida ← ehxibida · exhbiida · exhhibida · exhibbida · exhibdia · exhibiad · exhibidda · exhiibda
  • exigida ← eixgida · exgiida · exigdia · exiggida · exigiad · exigidda · exiigda · exxigida

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exhibida" for "exigida" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈβ̞ið̞a] versus [eksiˈxið̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exhibida" vs "exigida" - which ranks higher?
"exhibida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,749 in our Spanish list, against #44,190 for "exigida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exhibida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exhibida" and "exigida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigida vs exigiría". 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 #7,564 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