Which to use
“excesiva” and “excesivo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,799
- “excesiva” frequency rank
- #8,259
- “excesivo” frequency rank
- 17058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excesiva | excesivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de excesivo. | Que excede, que va más allá de lo normal. |
Where the eye mixes excesiva and excesivo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. excesiva and excesivo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses excesiva with excesivo
A purely visual mix-up. excesiva ([ekseˈsiβ̞a]) and excesivo ([ekseˈsiβ̞o]) 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 - a in “excesiva” becomes o in “excesivo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excesiva is recorded at frequency rank #8,799, classified as anadj, pronounced [ekseˈsiβ̞a]. 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 17058, this pair ranks #273,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of excesiva vs excesivo
Shared letters: ceisvx. Private to "excesiva": a. Private to "excesivo": o.
"excesiva" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "excesivo" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excesiva" and "excesivo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excesiva" or "excesivo" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excesiva" and "excesivo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excesiva" 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 #273,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excesiva" and "excesivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedió vs excesivo". 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 #273,706 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.