Which to use
“excedido” is a verb and “excesivo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,822
- “excedido” frequency rank
- #8,259
- “excesivo” frequency rank
- 49081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excedido | excesivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de exceder. | Que excede, que va más allá de lo normal. |
Where the eye mixes excedido and excesivo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excedido and excesivo 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 excedido with excesivo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excedido is [ekseˈð̞ið̞o] while excesivo is [ekseˈsiβ̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49081, 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]. excesivo is at rank #8,259, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekseˈsiβ̞o].
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 49081, this pair ranks #110,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excedido vs excesivo
Shared letters: ceiox. Private to "excedido": d. Private to "excesivo": sv.
"excedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "excesivo" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excedido" for "excesivo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excedido" or "excesivo"?
What to do next
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 "excesivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excedido" and "excesivo" 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 #110,822 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.