Which to use
“excavado” and “excusado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,795
- “excavado” frequency rank
- #46,545
- “excusado” frequency rank
- 94340
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excavado | excusado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de excavar. | Participio de excusar. |
Where the eye mixes excavado and excusado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excavado and excusado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses excavado with excusado
A purely visual mix-up. excavado ([ekskaˈβ̞að̞o]) and excusado ([ekskuˈsað̞o]) 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 94340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excavado is recorded at frequency rank #47,795, classified as averb, pronounced [ekskaˈβ̞að̞o]. excusado is at rank #46,545, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekskuˈsað̞o].
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 94340, this pair ranks #847 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excavado vs excusado
Shared letters: acdeox. Private to "excavado": v. Private to "excusado": su.
"excavado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "excusado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excavado" and "excusado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "excavado" or "excusado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excavado" and "excusado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excavado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excusado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #847 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excavado" and "excusado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enclavado vs excavado". 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 #847 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.