Which to use
“excedió” is a verb and “excesivo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,638
- “excedió” frequency rank
- #8,259
- “excesivo” frequency rank
- 57897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excedió | excesivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de exceder o de excederse. | Que excede, que va más allá de lo normal. |
Where the eye mixes excedió and excesivo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses excedió with excesivo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excedió is [ekseˈð̞jo] while excesivo is [ekseˈsiβ̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excedió is recorded at frequency rank #49,638, classified as averb, pronounced [ekseˈð̞jo]. 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 57897, this pair ranks #68,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excedió vs excesivo
Shared letters: ceix. Private to "excedió": dó. Private to "excesivo": osv.
"excedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "excesivo" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- excesivo ← ecxesivo · exccesivo · excecivo · exceisvo · excesibo · excesiov · excesivvo · excessivo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excedió" for "excesivo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excedió" or "excesivo"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "excedió" and "excesivo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excedió" 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 #68,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excedió" 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 #68,631 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.