exportadovsexportadoraConfusable pair

Quick tell: exportado is a verb, exportadora is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“exportado” is a verb and “exportadora” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,207
“exportado” frequency rank
#42,438
“exportadora” frequency rank
74645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exportado exportadora
Definition Participio de exportar. Forma del femenino de exportador.

Where the eye mixes exportado and exportadora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
exportado
11 ch
exportadora

Why the eye confuses exportado with exportadora

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exportado is [ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o] while exportadora is [ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “exportado” sits inside “exportadora”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exportado is recorded at frequency rank #32,207, classified as averb, pronounced [ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o]. exportadora is at rank #42,438, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾa].

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 74645, this pair ranks #20,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exportado vs exportadora

Shared letters: adeoprtx. Private to "exportado": -. Private to "exportadora": -.

"exportado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "exportadora" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportadoepxortado · exoprtado · exporatdo · exporrtado · exportaddo · exportaod · exportdao · exporttado
  • exportadoraepxortadora · exoprtadora · exporatdora · exporrtadora · exportaddora · exportadoar · exportadorra · exportadroa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exportado" and "exportadora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exportado" is a verb and "exportadora" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "exportado" vs "exportadora" - which ranks higher?
"exportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,207 in our Spanish list, against #42,438 for "exportadora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportadora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exportado" and "exportadora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportadora vs exportados". 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 #20,947 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