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Which to use

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

#22,013
“exporta” frequency rank
#13,043
“exportar” frequency rank
35056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exporta exportar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exportar. Vender o enviar a otro país bienes o servicios.

Where the eye mixes exporta and exportar

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

7 ch
exporta
8 ch
exportar

Why the eye confuses exporta with exportar

A purely visual mix-up. exporta ([eksˈpoɾt̪a]) and exportar ([ekspoɾˈt̪aɾ]) 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 “exportar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35056, 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]. exportar is at rank #13,043, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspoɾˈt̪aɾ].

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 35056, this pair ranks #188,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exporta vs exportar

Shared letters: aeoprtx. Private to "exporta": -. Private to "exportar": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportaepxorta · exoprta · exporat · exporrta · exportta · expotra · expporta · exprota
  • exportarepxortar · exoprtar · exporatr · exporrtar · exportarr · exportra · exporttar · expotrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exporta" and "exportar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eksˈpoɾt̪a] versus [ekspoɾˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exporta" or "exportar" show up more?
"exportar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,043 in our Spanish list, against #22,013 for "exporta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "exporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #188,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exporta" and "exportar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expira vs exporta". 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 #188,091 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