Which to use
“excedido” and “excedió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,822
- “excedido” frequency rank
- #49,638
- “excedió” frequency rank
- 90460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excedido | excedió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio 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 excedido and excedió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excedido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against excedió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses excedido with excedió
A purely visual mix-up. excedido ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o]) 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 90460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excedido is recorded at frequency rank #40,822, classified as averb, pronounced [ekseˈð̞ið̞o]. 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 90460, this pair ranks #2,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excedido vs excedió
Shared letters: cdeix. Private to "excedido": o. Private to "excedió": ó.
"excedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "excedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- excedido ← ecxedido · exccedido · excdeido · exceddido · exceddio · excediddo · excediod · exceiddo
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excedido" 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 #2,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excedido" and "excedió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedió vs expidió". 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 #2,490 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.