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Which to use

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

#49,638
“excedió” frequency rank
#9,454
“extendió” frequency rank
59092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes excedió and extendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excedió runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against extendió's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
excedió
8 ch
extendió

Why the eye confuses excedió with extendió

A purely visual mix-up. excedió ([ekseˈð̞jo]) and extendió ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 59092, 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]. extendió is at rank #9,454, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 59092, this pair ranks #63,933 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of excedió vs extendió

Shared letters: deixó. Private to "excedió": c. Private to "extendió": nt.

"excedió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "extendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "excedió" and "extendió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekseˈð̞jo] versus [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "excedió" vs "extendió" - which ranks higher?
"extendió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,454 in our Spanish list, against #49,638 for "excedió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "excedió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,933 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excedió" and "extendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedido vs excedió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #63,933 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