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

#40,822
“excedido” frequency rank
#8,117
“extendido” frequency rank
48939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excedido extendido
Definition Participio de exceder. Participio de extender.

Where the eye mixes excedido and extendido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. excedido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against extendido's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
excedido
9 ch
extendido

Look-alike desk: excedido vs extendido

A purely visual mix-up. excedido ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o]) and extendido ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 48939, 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]. extendido is at rank #8,117, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].

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 48939, this pair ranks #111,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of excedido vs extendido

Shared letters: deiox. Private to "excedido": c. Private to "extendido": nt.

"excedido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "extendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excedidoecxedido · exccedido · excdeido · exceddido · exceddio · excediddo · excediod · exceiddo
  • extendidoetxendido · exetndido · extednido · extenddido · extenddio · extendiddo · extendiod · exteniddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "excedido" for "extendido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ekseˈð̞ið̞o] versus [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "excedido" vs "extendido" - which ranks higher?
"extendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,117 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

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 "extendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excedido" and "extendido" 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 #111,657 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