Which to use
“exhibió” and “expidió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,657
- “exhibió” frequency rank
- #40,302
- “expidió” frequency rank
- 72959
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exhibió | expidió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple 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 expedir. |
Where the eye mixes exhibió and expidió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exhibió and expidió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: exhibió vs expidió
A purely visual mix-up. exhibió ([eksiˈβ̞jo]) and expidió ([ekspiˈð̞jo]) 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 72959, 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]. expidió is at rank #40,302, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspiˈð̞jo].
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 72959, this pair ranks #24,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exhibió vs expidió
Shared letters: eixó. Private to "exhibió": bh. Private to "expidió": dp.
"exhibió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "expidió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exhibió" and "expidió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exhibió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expidió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exhibió" and "expidió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedió vs expidió". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #24,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.