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Which to use

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

#13,245
“exigió” frequency rank
#30,471
“exigirá” frequency rank
43716
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigió exigirá
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de exigir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de exigir.

Where the eye mixes exigió and exigirá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exigió runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against exigirá's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
exigió
7 ch
exigirá

Look-alike desk: exigió vs exigirá

A purely visual mix-up. exigió ([eksiˈxjo]) and exigirá ([eksixiˈɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exigió is recorded at frequency rank #13,245, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈxjo]. 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 43716, this pair ranks #141,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exigió vs exigirá

Shared letters: egix. Private to "exigió": ó. Private to "exigirá": rá.

"exigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "exigirá" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exigió" for "exigirá" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈxjo] versus [eksixiˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exigió" or "exigirá" show up more?
"exigió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,245 in our Spanish list, against #30,471 for "exigirá". 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 "exigió" 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 #141,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigió" and "exigirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigirá vs exigiría". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #141,086 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