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Which to use

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

#31,784
“exhibido” frequency rank
#32,657
“exhibió” frequency rank
64441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exhibido exhibió
Definition Participio de exhibir. 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 exhibido and exhibió

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

8 ch
exhibido
7 ch
exhibió

Why the eye confuses exhibido with exhibió

A purely visual mix-up. exhibido ([eksiˈβ̞ið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exhibido is recorded at frequency rank #31,784, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈβ̞ið̞o]. 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 64441, this pair ranks #45,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exhibido vs exhibió

Shared letters: behix. Private to "exhibido": do. Private to "exhibió": ó.

"exhibido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "exhibió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exhibido ← ehxibido · exhbiido · exhhibido · exhibbido · exhibdio · exhibiddo · exhibiod · exhiibdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exhibido" and "exhibió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈβ̞ið̞o] versus [eksiˈβ̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exhibido" or "exhibió"?
"exhibido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,784 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "exhibido" and "exhibió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exhibido" 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 #45,584 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exhibido" and "exhibió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhibidas vs exhibido". 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 #45,584 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