excedidovsexcluidoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#40,822
“excedido” frequency rank
#20,678
“excluido” frequency rank
61500
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excedido excluido
Definition Participio de exceder. Participio de excluir.

Where the eye mixes excedido and excluido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excedido (VCCVCVCV) and excluido (VCCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
excedido
8 ch
excluido

Why the eye confuses excedido with excluido

A purely visual mix-up. excedido ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o]) and excluido ([eksˈklwið̞o]) 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 61500, 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]. excluido is at rank #20,678, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈklwið̞o].

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 61500, this pair ranks #55,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of excedido vs excluido

Shared letters: cdeiox. Private to "excedido": -. Private to "excluido": lu.

"excedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "excluido" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excedidoecxedido · exccedido · excdeido · exceddido · exceddio · excediddo · excediod · exceiddo
  • excluidoecxluido · exccluido · excliudo · exclluido · excludio · excluiddo · excluiod · exculido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "excedido" for "excluido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [eksˈklwið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "excedido" vs "excluido" - which ranks higher?
"excluido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,678 in our Spanish list, against #40,822 for "excedido". 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 "excedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "excluido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,250 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excedido" and "excluido" 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 #55,250 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