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

#42,438
“exportadora” frequency rank
#20,032
“exportadores” frequency rank
62470
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exportadora exportadores
Definition Forma del femenino de exportador. Forma del plural de exportador.

Where the eye mixes exportadora and exportadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.

11 ch
exportadora
12 ch
exportadores

Why the eye confuses exportadora with exportadores

A purely visual mix-up. exportadora ([ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾa]) and exportadores ([ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾes]) 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 62470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exportadora is recorded at frequency rank #42,438, classified as anadj, pronounced [ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾa]. exportadores is at rank #20,032, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾes].

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 62470, this pair ranks #51,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exportadora vs exportadores

Shared letters: adeoprtx. Private to "exportadora": -. Private to "exportadores": s.

"exportadora" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCV  ·  "exportadores" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exportadoraepxortadora · exoprtadora · exporatdora · exporrtadora · exportaddora · exportadoar · exportadorra · exportadroa
  • exportadoresepxortadores · exoprtadores · exporatdores · exporrtadores · exportaddores · exportadoers · exportadoress · exportadorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exportadora" for "exportadores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾa] versus [ekspoɾt̪aˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exportadora" vs "exportadores" - which ranks higher?
"exportadores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,032 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 "exportadora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exportadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exportadora" and "exportadores" 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 #51,925 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