Which to use
“exigía” is a verb and “exigida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,098
- “exigía” frequency rank
- #44,190
- “exigida” frequency rank
- 60288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exigía | exigida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de exigir. | Forma del femenino de exigido, participio de exigir. |
Where the eye mixes exigía and exigida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exigía runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against exigida's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses exigía with exigida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigía is [eksiˈxia] while exigida is [eksiˈxið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exigía is recorded at frequency rank #16,098, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈxia]. 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 60288, this pair ranks #59,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exigía vs exigida
Shared letters: aegix. Private to "exigía": í. Private to "exigida": d.
"exigía" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exigida" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigida ← eixgida · exgiida · exigdia · exiggida · exigiad · exigidda · exiigda · exxigida
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exigía" and "exigida" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exigía" or "exigida"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "exigía" and "exigida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exigía" 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 #59,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exigía" 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 #59,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.