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“excesivas” and “excesivo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,836
- “excesivas” frequency rank
- #8,259
- “excesivo” frequency rank
- 35095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excesivas | excesivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de excesivo. | Que excede, que va más allá de lo normal. |
Where the eye mixes excesivas and excesivo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. excesivas runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against excesivo's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: excesivas vs excesivo
A purely visual mix-up. excesivas ([ekseˈsiβ̞as]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excesivas is recorded at frequency rank #26,836, classified as anadj, pronounced [ekseˈsiβ̞as]. 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 35095, this pair ranks #187,896 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excesivas vs excesivo
Shared letters: ceisvx. Private to "excesivas": a. Private to "excesivo": o.
"excesivas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "excesivo" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "excesivas" 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 #187,896 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excesivas" 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 #187,896 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.