exportadovsexportandoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,207
“exportado” frequency rank
#46,550
“exportando” frequency rank
78757
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exportado exportando
Definition Participio de exportar. Gerundio de exportar.

Where the eye mixes exportado and exportando

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

9 ch
exportado
10 ch
exportando

Look-alike desk: exportado vs exportando

A purely visual mix-up. exportado ([ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o]) and exportando ([ekspoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 78757, 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]. exportando is at rank #46,550, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].

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 78757, this pair ranks #13,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exportado vs exportando

Shared letters: adeoprtx. Private to "exportado": -. Private to "exportando": n.

"exportado" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "exportando" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportadoepxortado · exoprtado · exporatdo · exporrtado · exportaddo · exportaod · exportdao · exporttado
  • exportandoepxortando · exoprtando · exporatndo · exporrtando · exportadno · exportanddo · exportanndo · exportanod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exportado" for "exportando" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekspoɾˈt̪að̞o] versus [ekspoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "exportado" or "exportando"?
"exportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,207 in our Spanish list, against #46,550 for "exportando". 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 "exportando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,988 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exportado" and "exportando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exportados vs exportando". 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 #13,988 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