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

#25,265
“exceder” frequency rank
#49,638
“excedió” frequency rank
74903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exceder excedió
Definition Ser más grande o mejor que lo esperado o deseado. 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 exceder and excedió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. exceder (VCCVCVC) and excedió (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
exceder
7 ch
excedió

Why the eye confuses exceder with excedió

A purely visual mix-up. exceder ([ekseˈð̞eɾ]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exceder is recorded at frequency rank #25,265, classified as averb, pronounced [ekseˈð̞eɾ]. 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 74903, this pair ranks #20,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of exceder vs excedió

Shared letters: cdex. Private to "exceder": r. Private to "excedió": ió.

"exceder" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "excedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exceder ← ecxeder · excceder · excdeer · excedder · excederr · excedre · exceedr · execder

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "exceder" and "excedió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ekseˈð̞eɾ] versus [ekseˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exceder" vs "excedió" - which ranks higher?
"exceder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,265 in our Spanish list, against #49,638 for "excedió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exceder" 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 #20,526 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exceder" 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 #20,526 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