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

#731
“éxito” frequency rank
#14,990
“éxodo” frequency rank
15721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature éxito éxodo
Definition Logro o compensación satisfactoria de una tarea o actividad. Salida o migración repentina de un gran número de gente.

Where the eye mixes éxito and éxodo

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

5 ch
éxito
5 ch
éxodo

Why the eye confuses éxito with éxodo

A purely visual mix-up. éxito ([ˈeksit̪o]) and éxodo ([ˈeksoð̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

éxito is recorded at frequency rank #731, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksit̪o]. 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 15721, this pair ranks #279,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of éxito vs éxodo

Shared letters: oxé. Private to "éxito": it. Private to "éxodo": d.

"éxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "éxodo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "éxito" for "éxodo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈeksit̪o] versus [ˈeksoð̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "éxito" or "éxodo"?
"éxito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #731 in our Spanish list, against #14,990 for "éxodo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "éxito" 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 #279,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "éxito" and "éxodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exit vs éxito". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #279,029 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