exitvséxitosWhich spelling fits?

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

#48,396
“exit” frequency rank
#4,963
“éxitos” frequency rank
53359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exit éxitos
Definition Salida. Forma del plural de éxito.

Where the eye mixes exit and éxitos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
exit
6 ch
éxitos

Why the eye confuses exit with éxitos

A purely visual mix-up. exit (/ˈɛɡ.zɪt/) and éxitos ([ˈeksit̪os]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exit is recorded at frequency rank #48,396, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛɡ.zɪt/. éxitos is at rank #4,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksit̪os].

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 53359, this pair ranks #88,276 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exit vs éxitos

Shared letters: itx. Private to "exit": e. Private to "éxitos": osé.

"exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "éxitos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exiteixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exit" for "éxitos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈɛɡ.zɪt/ versus [ˈeksit̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exit" or "éxitos" show up more?
"éxitos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,963 in our Spanish list, against #48,396 for "exit". 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 "exit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éxitos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,276 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exit" and "éxitos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edi 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 #88,276 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