excedidovsexcedióWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
excedido
7 ch
excedió

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

Is swapping "excedido" for "excedió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [ekseˈð̞jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excedido" or "excedió" show up more?
"excedido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,822 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

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list