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

#39,189
“egreso” frequency rank
#4,162
“exceso” frequency rank
43351
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature egreso exceso
Definition Salida, partida de descargo. Sobreabundancia de algo.

Where the eye mixes egreso and exceso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. egreso and exceso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
egreso
6 ch
exceso

Look-alike desk: egreso vs exceso

A purely visual mix-up. egreso ([eˈɣ̞ɾeso]) and exceso ([ekˈseso]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

egreso is recorded at frequency rank #39,189, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈɣ̞ɾeso]. exceso is at rank #4,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekˈseso].

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 43351, this pair ranks #143,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of egreso vs exceso

Shared letters: eos. Private to "egreso": gr. Private to "exceso": cx.

"egreso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "exceso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • egresoegerso · eggreso · egreos · egrreso · egrseo · ergeso · gereso
  • excesoecxeso · excceso · exceos · excesso · excseo · execso · exseso · exxceso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "egreso" for "exceso" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈɣ̞ɾeso] versus [ekˈseso]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "egreso" or "exceso"?
"exceso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,162 in our Spanish list, against #39,189 for "egreso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "egreso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exceso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #143,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "egreso" and "exceso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "egeo vs egreso". 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 #143,142 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