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

#4,245
“exigir” frequency rank
#47,798
“exigiría” frequency rank
52043
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exigir exigiría
Definition Cobrar, percibir, sacar a alguien por autoridad pública dinero u otra cosa. Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de exigir.

Where the eye mixes exigir and exigiría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exigir runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against exigiría's 8 (VCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
exigir
8 ch
exigiría

Visual trap between exigir and exigiría

A purely visual mix-up. exigir ([eksiˈxiɾ]) and exigiría ([eksixiˈɾia]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exigir” sits inside “exigiría”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exigir is recorded at frequency rank #4,245, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈxiɾ]. exigiría is at rank #47,798, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksixiˈɾia].

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 52043, this pair ranks #94,708 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exigir vs exigiría

Shared letters: egirx. Private to "exigir": -. Private to "exigiría": aí.

"exigir" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "exigiría" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exigir ← eixgir · exgiir · exiggir · exigirr · exigri · exiigr · exxigir · xeigir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exigir" and "exigiría" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eksiˈxiɾ] versus [eksixiˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exigir" vs "exigiría" - which ranks higher?
"exigir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,245 in our Spanish list, against #47,798 for "exigiría". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exigir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exigiría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,708 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exigir" and "exigiría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigida vs exigiría". 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 #94,708 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