Which to use
“evitado” and “excitado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,370
- “evitado” frequency rank
- #31,783
- “excitado” frequency rank
- 47153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evitado | excitado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de evitar. | Participio de excitar. |
Where the eye mixes evitado and excitado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. evitado 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.
Visual trap between evitado and excitado
A purely visual mix-up. evitado ([eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]) 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 47153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evitado is recorded at frequency rank #15,370, classified as averb, pronounced [eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]. 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 47153, this pair ranks #121,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evitado vs excitado
Shared letters: adeiot. Private to "evitado": v. Private to "excitado": cx.
"evitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "evitado" and "excitado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "evitado" or "excitado"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "evitado" and "excitado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "evitado" 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 #121,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evitado" 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 #121,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.