exijovséxodoTell them apart

Quick tell: exijo is a verb, éxodo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“exijo” is a verb and “éxodo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,137
“exijo” frequency rank
#14,990
“éxodo” frequency rank
32127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exijo éxodo
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de exigir. Salida o migración repentina de un gran número de gente.

Where the eye mixes exijo and éxodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
exijo
5 ch
éxodo

Look-alike desk: exijo vs éxodo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exijo is [ekˈsixo] while éxodo is [ˈeksoð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exijo is recorded at frequency rank #17,137, classified as averb, pronounced [ekˈsixo]. éxodo is at rank #14,990, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksoð̞o].

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 32127, this pair ranks #203,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exijo vs éxodo

Shared letters: ox. Private to "exijo": eij. Private to "éxodo": .

"exijo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "éxodo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exijoeixjo · exijjo · exioj · exjio · exxijo · xeijo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exijo" and "éxodo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exijo" is a verb and "éxodo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exijo" or "éxodo"?
"éxodo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,990 in our Spanish list, against #17,137 for "exijo". 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 "exijo" and "éxodo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exijo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éxodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,623 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exijo" and "éxodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exijo vs exit". 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 #203,623 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