expiradovsexportadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,319
“expirado” frequency rank
#32,207
“exportado” frequency rank
77526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature expirado exportado
Definition Participio de expirar. Participio de exportar.

Where the eye mixes expirado and exportado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. expirado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against exportado's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
expirado
9 ch
exportado

Visual trap between expirado and exportado

A purely visual mix-up. expirado ([ekspiˈɾað̞o]) and exportado ([ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

expirado is recorded at frequency rank #45,319, classified as averb, pronounced [ekspiˈɾað̞o]. exportado is at rank #32,207, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o].

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 77526, this pair ranks #15,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of expirado vs exportado

Shared letters: adeoprx. Private to "expirado": i. Private to "exportado": t.

"expirado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "exportado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • expiradoepxirado · exiprado · expiardo · expiraddo · expiraod · expirdao · expirrado · exppirado
  • exportadoepxortado · exoprtado · exporatdo · exporrtado · exportaddo · exportaod · exportdao · exporttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "expirado" and "exportado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekspiˈɾað̞o] versus [ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "expirado" or "exportado"?
"exportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,207 in our Spanish list, against #45,319 for "expirado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "expirado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,874 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "expirado" and "exportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expirado vs expiró". 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 #15,874 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