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

#30,905
“exhorta” frequency rank
#36,037
“exportan” frequency rank
66942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exhorta exportan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exhortar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exportar.

Where the eye mixes exhorta and exportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
exhorta
8 ch
exportan

Why the eye confuses exhorta with exportan

A purely visual mix-up. exhorta ([eksˈoɾt̪a]) and exportan ([eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 66942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exhorta is recorded at frequency rank #30,905, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈoɾt̪a]. exportan is at rank #36,037, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈpoɾt̪ãn].

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 66942, this pair ranks #38,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exhorta vs exportan

Shared letters: aeortx. Private to "exhorta": h. Private to "exportan": np.

"exhorta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "exportan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exhortaehxorta · exhhorta · exhorat · exhorrta · exhortta · exhotra · exhrota · exohrta
  • exportanepxortan · exoprtan · exporatn · exporrtan · exportann · exportna · exporttan · expotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exhorta" for "exportan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksˈoɾt̪a] versus [eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exhorta" vs "exportan" - which ranks higher?
"exhorta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,905 in our Spanish list, against #36,037 for "exportan". 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 "exhorta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exhorta" and "exportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expongan vs exportan". 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 #38,447 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