exportavsexportanConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#22,013
“exporta” frequency rank
#36,037
“exportan” frequency rank
58050
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exporta exportan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exportar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exportar.

Where the eye mixes exporta and exportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
exporta
8 ch
exportan

Look-alike desk: exporta vs exportan

A purely visual mix-up. exporta ([eksˈpoɾt̪a]) and exportan ([eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “exporta” sits inside “exportan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exporta is recorded at frequency rank #22,013, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈpoɾt̪a]. exportan is at rank #36,037, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈpoɾt̪ãn].

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 58050, this pair ranks #67,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exporta vs exportan

Shared letters: aeoprtx. Private to "exporta": -. Private to "exportan": n.

"exporta" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "exportan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportaepxorta · exoprta · exporat · exporrta · exportta · expotra · expporta · exprota
  • exportanepxortan · exoprtan · exporatn · exporrtan · exportann · exportna · exporttan · expotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exporta" and "exportan" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([eksˈpoɾt̪a] versus [eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exporta" vs "exportan" - which ranks higher?
"exporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,013 in our Spanish list, against #36,037 for "exportan". 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 "exporta" and "exportan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exporta" and "exportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expongan vs exportan". 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 #67,980 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