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

#43,006
“exigidas” frequency rank
#29,651
“exigidos” frequency rank
72657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes exigidas and exigidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. exigidas and exigidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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8 ch
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Visual trap between exigidas and exigidos

A purely visual mix-up. exigidas ([eksiˈxið̞as]) and exigidos ([eksiˈxið̞os]) 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 - a in “exigidas” becomes o in “exigidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72657, 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]. exigidos is at rank #29,651, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eksiˈxið̞os].

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 72657, this pair ranks #24,921 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigidas vs exigidos

Shared letters: degisx. Private to "exigidas": a. Private to "exigidos": o.

"exigidas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "exigidos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigidas ← eixgidas · exgiidas · exigdias · exiggidas · exigiads · exigidass · exigiddas · exigidsa
  • exigidos ← eixgidos · exgiidos · exigdios · exiggidos · exigiddos · exigidoss · exigidso · exigiods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exigidas" for "exigidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈxið̞as] versus [eksiˈxið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exigidas" vs "exigidos" - which ranks higher?
"exigidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,651 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.

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 "exigidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,921 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigidas" and "exigidos" 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 #24,921 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