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“exportan” and “exportando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,037
- “exportan” frequency rank
- #46,550
- “exportando” frequency rank
- 82587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exportan | exportando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exportar. | Gerundio de exportar. |
Where the eye mixes exportan and exportando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exportan vs exportando
A purely visual mix-up. exportan ([eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “exportan” sits inside “exportando”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exportan is recorded at frequency rank #36,037, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈpoɾt̪ãn]. 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 82587, this pair ranks #9,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exportan vs exportando
Shared letters: aenoprtx. Private to "exportan": -. Private to "exportando": d.
"exportan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "exportando" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exportan ← epxortan · exoprtan · exporatn · exporrtan · exportann · exportna · exporttan · expotran
- exportando ← epxortando · exoprtando · exporatndo · exporrtando · exportadno · exportanddo · exportanndo · exportanod
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exportan" and "exportando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exportan" or "exportando" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "exportan" 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 #9,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exportan" 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 #9,082 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.