eximevséxitoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#30,906
“exime” frequency rank
#731
“éxito” frequency rank
31637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exime éxito
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de eximir. Logro o compensación satisfactoria de una tarea o actividad.

Where the eye mixes exime and éxito

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

5 ch
exime
5 ch
éxito

Visual trap between exime and éxito

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exime is [ekˈsime] while éxito is [ˈeksit̪o]. 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 31637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exime is recorded at frequency rank #30,906, classified as averb, pronounced [ekˈsime]. éxito is at rank #731, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksit̪o].

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 31637, this pair ranks #206,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exime vs éxito

Shared letters: ix. Private to "exime": em. Private to "éxito": oté.

"exime" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "éxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eximeeixme · exiem · eximme · exmie · exxime · xeime

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exime" and "éxito" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exime" is a verb and "éxito" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "exime" vs "éxito" - which ranks higher?
"éxito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #731 in our Spanish list, against #30,906 for "exime". 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 "exime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éxito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #206,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exime" and "éxito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exime 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 #206,057 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