expulsadosvsexpulsaronWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: expulsados is a participle, expulsaron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“expulsados” is a participle and “expulsaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,696
“expulsados” frequency rank
#28,755
“expulsaron” frequency rank
42451
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature expulsados expulsaron
Definition Forma del plural de expulsado, participio de expulsar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de expulsar.

Where the eye mixes expulsados and expulsaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. expulsados and expulsaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
expulsados
10 ch
expulsaron

Look-alike desk: expulsados vs expulsaron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: expulsados is [ekspulˈsað̞os] while expulsaron is [ekspulˈsaɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

expulsados is recorded at frequency rank #13,696, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ekspulˈsað̞os]. expulsaron is at rank #28,755, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspulˈsaɾõn].

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 42451, this pair ranks #148,141 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of expulsados vs expulsaron

Shared letters: aelopsux. Private to "expulsados": d. Private to "expulsaron": nr.

"expulsados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "expulsaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • expulsados ← epxulsados · explusados · exppulsados · expulasdos · expullsados · expulsaddos · expulsadoss · expulsadso
  • expulsaron ← epxulsaron · explusaron · exppulsaron · expulasron · expullsaron · expulsaorn · expulsarno · expulsaronn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "expulsados" for "expulsaron" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "expulsados" is a participle and "expulsaron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "expulsados" or "expulsaron"?
"expulsados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,696 in our Spanish list, against #28,755 for "expulsaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "expulsados" and "expulsaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "expulsados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "expulsaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #148,141 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "expulsados" and "expulsaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "expulsan vs expulsaron". 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 #148,141 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