editvséxitoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#12,589
“edit” frequency rank
#731
“éxito” frequency rank
13320
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edit éxito
Definition Edición. Logro o compensación satisfactoria de una tarea o actividad.

Where the eye mixes edit and éxito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
edit
5 ch
éxito

Visual trap between edit and éxito

A purely visual mix-up. edit (/ˈɛd.ɪt/) and éxito ([ˈeksit̪o]) 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 13320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edit is recorded at frequency rank #12,589, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛd.ɪt/. éxito is at rank #731, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksit̪o].

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 13320, this pair ranks #288,302 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of edit vs éxito

Shared letters: it. Private to "edit": de. Private to "éxito": oxé.

"edit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "éxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editdeit · eddit · editt · edti · eidt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "edit" and "éxito" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈɛd.ɪt/ versus [ˈeksit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "edit" or "éxito"?
"éxito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #731 in our Spanish list, against #12,589 for "edit". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "edit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éxito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #288,302 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edit" and "éxito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edi vs edit". 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 #288,302 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