Which to use
“excedido” is a verb and “expedida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,822
- “excedido” frequency rank
- #31,344
- “expedida” frequency rank
- 72166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excedido | expedida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de exceder. | Forma del femenino de expedido, participio de expedir o de expedirse. |
Where the eye mixes excedido and expedida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excedido and expedida follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: excedido vs expedida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excedido is [ekseˈð̞ið̞o] while expedida is [ekspeˈð̞ið̞a]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72166, 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]. expedida is at rank #31,344, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ekspeˈð̞ið̞a].
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 72166, this pair ranks #25,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excedido vs expedida
Shared letters: deix. Private to "excedido": co. Private to "expedida": ap.
"excedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "expedida" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "excedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "expedida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excedido" and "expedida" 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 #25,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.