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

#40,822
“excedido” frequency rank
#29,209
“expedido” frequency rank
70031
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excedido expedido
Definition Participio de exceder. Participio de expedir.

Where the eye mixes excedido and expedido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. excedido and expedido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
excedido
8 ch
expedido

Visual trap between excedido and expedido

A purely visual mix-up. excedido ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o]) and expedido ([ekspeˈð̞ið̞o]) 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 a single letter - c in “excedido” becomes p in “expedido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70031, 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]. expedido is at rank #29,209, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekspeˈð̞ið̞o].

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 70031, this pair ranks #30,617 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of excedido vs expedido

Shared letters: deiox. Private to "excedido": c. Private to "expedido": p.

"excedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "expedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excedidoecxedido · exccedido · excdeido · exceddido · exceddio · excediddo · excediod · exceiddo
  • expedidoepxedido · exepdido · expdeido · expeddido · expeddio · expediddo · expediod · expeiddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "excedido" and "expedido" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [ekspeˈð̞ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "excedido" vs "expedido" - which ranks higher?
"expedido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,209 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "excedido" and "expedido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "excedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "expedido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #30,617 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excedido" and "expedido" 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 #30,617 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