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

#32,657
“exhibió” frequency rank
#18,829
“exhibir” frequency rank
51486
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exhibió exhibir
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de exhibir o de exhibirse. Hacer visible o manifiesto; mostrar, especialmente de modo público.

Where the eye mixes exhibió and exhibir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exhibió (VCCVCVV) and exhibir (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
exhibió
7 ch
exhibir

Visual trap between exhibió and exhibir

A purely visual mix-up. exhibió ([eksiˈβ̞jo]) 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 differ by a single letter - ó in “exhibió” becomes r in “exhibir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exhibió is recorded at frequency rank #32,657, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈβ̞jo]. 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 51486, this pair ranks #97,634 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exhibió vs exhibir

Shared letters: behix. Private to "exhibió": ó. Private to "exhibir": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exhibir ← ehxibir · exhbiir · exhhibir · exhibbir · exhibirr · exhibri · exhiibr · exhivir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exhibió" for "exhibir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈβ̞jo] versus [eksiˈβ̞iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exhibió" vs "exhibir" - which ranks higher?
"exhibir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,829 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exhibió" 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 #97,634 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exhibió" and "exhibir" 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 #97,634 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