exigidasvsexigiráTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#43,006
“exigidas” frequency rank
#30,471
“exigirá” frequency rank
73477
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigidas exigirá
Definition Forma del femenino plural de exigido, participio de exigir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de exigir.

Where the eye mixes exigidas and exigirá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exigidas runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against exigirá's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
exigidas
7 ch
exigirá

Why the eye confuses exigidas with exigirá

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exigidas is [eksiˈxið̞as] while exigirá is [eksixiˈɾa]. 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 73477, 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]. exigirá is at rank #30,471, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksixiˈɾa].

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 73477, this pair ranks #23,208 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exigidas vs exigirá

Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigidas": ads. Private to "exigirá": rá.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigidas ← eixgidas · exgiidas · exigdias · exiggidas · exigiads · exigidass · exigiddas · exigidsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exigidas" for "exigirá" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exigidas" is a participle and "exigirá" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exigidas" or "exigirá"?
"exigirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,471 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

Eye-level mix-up between "exigidas" and "exigirá" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exigidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,208 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigidas" and "exigirá" 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 #23,208 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