excedió vs exceso, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“excedió” is a verb and “exceso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,638
“excedió” frequency rank: #4,162
“exceso” frequency rank: 53800
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	excedió	exceso
Definition	Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de exceder o de excederse.	Sobreabundancia de algo.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set excedió and exceso apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

excedió

6 ch

exceso

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excedió is [ekseˈð̞jo] while exceso is [ekˈseso]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53800, 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]. exceso is at rank #4,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ekˈseso].

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 53800, this pair ranks #86,149 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of excedió vs exceso

Shared letters: cex. Private to "excedió": dió. Private to "exceso": os.

"excedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "exceso" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

exceso ← ecxeso · excceso · exceos · excesso · excseo · execso · exseso · exxceso

Frequency comparison

excedió#49,638

exceso#4,162

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "excedió" and "exceso" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "excedió" is a verb and "exceso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "excedió" or "exceso"?

"exceso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,162 in our Spanish list, against #49,638 for "excedió". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering excedió vs exceso

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “excedió”; for a noun, it's “exceso”.
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