Which to use
“excede” and “excedió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,828
- “excede” frequency rank
- #49,638
- “excedió” frequency rank
- 68466
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excede | excedió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de exceder. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de exceder o de excederse. |
Where the eye mixes excede and excedió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses excede with excedió
A purely visual mix-up. excede ([ekˈseð̞e]) and excedió ([ekseˈð̞jo]) 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 68466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excede is recorded at frequency rank #18,828, classified as averb, pronounced [ekˈseð̞e]. excedió is at rank #49,638, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekseˈð̞jo].
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 68466, this pair ranks #34,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excede vs excedió
Shared letters: cdex. Private to "excede": -. Private to "excedió": ió.
"excede" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "excedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- excede ← ecxede · exccede · excdee · excedde · exceed · execde · exsede · exxcede
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excede" and "excedió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excede" or "excedió" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "excede" and "excedió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excedió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excede" and "excedió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedido vs excedió". 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 #34,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.