exiliadovsexiliadosConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#17,138
“exiliado” frequency rank
#14,592
“exiliados” frequency rank
31730
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exiliado exiliados
Definition Participio de exiliar o de exiliarse. Forma del plural de exiliado, participio de exiliar o de exiliarse.

Where the eye mixes exiliado and exiliados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. exiliado runs 8 letters (VCVCVVCV) against exiliados's 9 (VCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
exiliado
9 ch
exiliados

Visual trap between exiliado and exiliados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exiliado is [eksiˈljað̞o] while exiliados is [eksiˈljað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “exiliado” sits inside “exiliados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exiliado is recorded at frequency rank #17,138, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈljað̞o]. exiliados is at rank #14,592, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eksiˈljað̞os].

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 31730, this pair ranks #205,612 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exiliado vs exiliados

Shared letters: adeilox. Private to "exiliado": -. Private to "exiliados": s.

"exiliado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "exiliados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exiliado ← eixliado · exiilado · exilaido · exiliaddo · exiliaod · exilidao · exilliado · exliiado
  • exiliados ← eixliados · exiilados · exilaidos · exiliaddos · exiliadoss · exiliadso · exiliaods · exilidaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exiliado" for "exiliados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exiliado" is a verb and "exiliados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "exiliado" or "exiliados"?
"exiliados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,592 in our Spanish list, against #17,138 for "exiliado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "exiliado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exiliados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,612 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exiliado" and "exiliados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exiliados vs explicados". 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 #205,612 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