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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.

8 ch
exportan
10 ch
exportando

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

  • exportanepxortan · exoprtan · exporatn · exporrtan · exportann · exportna · exporttan · expotran
  • exportandoepxortando · exoprtando · exporatndo · exporrtando · exportadno · exportanddo · exportanndo · exportanod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "exportan" and "exportando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eksˈpoɾt̪ãn] versus [ekspoɾˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "exportan" or "exportando" show up more?
"exportan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,037 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list