exigidasvsexigidoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: exigidas is a participle, exigido is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“exigidas” is a participle and “exigido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,006
“exigidas” frequency rank
#17,432
“exigido” frequency rank
60438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigidas exigido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de exigido, participio de exigir. Participio de exigir.

Where the eye mixes exigidas and exigido

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

8 ch
exigidas
7 ch
exigido

Visual trap between exigidas and exigido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigidas is [eksiˈxið̞as] while exigido is [eksiˈxið̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exigidas is recorded at frequency rank #43,006, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eksiˈxið̞as]. exigido is at rank #17,432, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈxið̞o].

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 60438, this pair ranks #58,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigidas vs exigido

Shared letters: degix. Private to "exigidas": as. Private to "exigido": o.

"exigidas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "exigido" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigidas ← eixgidas · exgiidas · exigdias · exiggidas · exigiads · exigidass · exigiddas · exigidsa
  • exigido ← eixgido · exgiido · exigdio · exiggido · exigiddo · exigiod · exiigdo · exxigido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exigidas" for "exigido" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exigidas" is a participle and "exigido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exigidas" or "exigido" show up more?
"exigido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,432 in our Spanish list, against #43,006 for "exigidas". 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 "exigidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigidas" and "exigido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exhibidas vs exigidas". 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 #58,960 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