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Which to use

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

#7,299
“editado” frequency rank
#31,783
“excitado” frequency rank
39082
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature editado excitado
Definition Participio de editar. Participio de excitar.

Where the eye mixes editado and excitado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. editado runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against excitado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
editado
8 ch
excitado

Why the eye confuses editado with excitado

A purely visual mix-up. editado ([eð̞iˈt̪að̞o]) and excitado ([eksiˈt̪að̞o]) 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 39082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

editado is recorded at frequency rank #7,299, classified as averb, pronounced [eð̞iˈt̪að̞o]. excitado is at rank #31,783, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈt̪að̞o].

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 39082, this pair ranks #166,493 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of editado vs excitado

Shared letters: adeiot. Private to "editado": -. Private to "excitado": cx.

"editado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editadodeitado · edditado · ediatdo · editaddo · editaod · editdao · edittado · edtiado
  • excitadoecxitado · exccitado · exciatdo · excitaddo · excitaod · excitdao · excittado · exctiado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "editado" and "excitado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eð̞iˈt̪að̞o] versus [eksiˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "editado" or "excitado"?
"editado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,299 in our Spanish list, against #31,783 for "excitado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "editado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "excitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #166,493 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "editado" and "excitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excitado vs excitan". 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 #166,493 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