exigidasvsexigimosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#43,006
“exigidas” frequency rank
#15,372
“exigimos” frequency rank
58378
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigidas exigimos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de exigido, participio de exigir. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de exigir.

Where the eye mixes exigidas and exigimos

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

8 ch
exigidas
8 ch
exigimos

Visual trap between exigidas and exigimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigidas is [eksiˈxið̞as] while exigimos is [eksiˈximos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58378, 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]. exigimos is at rank #15,372, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈximos].

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 58378, this pair ranks #66,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigidas vs exigimos

Shared letters: egisx. Private to "exigidas": ad. Private to "exigimos": mo.

"exigidas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "exigimos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigidaseixgidas · exgiidas · exigdias · exiggidas · exigiads · exigidass · exigiddas · exigidsa
  • exigimoseixgimos · exgiimos · exiggimos · exigimmos · exigimoss · exigimso · exigioms · exigmios

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exigidas" and "exigimos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exigidas" is a participle and "exigimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exigidas" or "exigimos" show up more?
"exigimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,372 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 "exigimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,655 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigidas" and "exigimos" 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 #66,655 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