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

#32,207
“exportado” frequency rank
#36,037
“exportan” frequency rank
68244
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exportado exportan
Definition Participio de exportar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exportar.

Where the eye mixes exportado and exportan

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

9 ch
exportado
8 ch
exportan

Why the eye confuses exportado with exportan

A purely visual mix-up. exportado ([ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68244, 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]. 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 68244, this pair ranks #35,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exportado vs exportan

Shared letters: aeoprtx. Private to "exportado": d. Private to "exportan": n.

"exportado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "exportan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportadoepxortado · exoprtado · exporatdo · exporrtado · exportaddo · exportaod · exportdao · exporttado
  • exportanepxortan · exoprtan · exporatn · exporrtan · exportann · exportna · exporttan · expotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exportado" for "exportan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o] versus [eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exportado" or "exportan"?
"exportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,207 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.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exportado" 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 #35,015 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exportado" 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 #35,015 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