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

#13,245
“exigió” frequency rank
#40,302
“expidió” frequency rank
53547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigió expidió
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 pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de expedir.

Where the eye mixes exigió and expidió

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

6 ch
exigió
7 ch
expidió

Look-alike desk: exigió vs expidió

A purely visual mix-up. exigió ([eksiˈxjo]) and expidió ([ekspiˈð̞jo]) 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 53547, 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]. expidió is at rank #40,302, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspiˈð̞jo].

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 53547, this pair ranks #87,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exigió vs expidió

Shared letters: eixó. Private to "exigió": g. Private to "expidió": dp.

"exigió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "expidió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exigió" and "expidió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈxjo] versus [ekspiˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exigió" vs "expidió" - which ranks higher?
"exigió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,245 in our Spanish list, against #40,302 for "expidió". 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 "expidió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigió" and "expidió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedió vs expidió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #87,350 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