Which to use
“excesivas” and “excesivos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,836
- “excesivas” frequency rank
- #25,636
- “excesivos” frequency rank
- 52472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excesivas | excesivos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de excesivo. | Forma del plural de excesivo. |
Where the eye mixes excesivas and excesivos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses excesivas with excesivos
A purely visual mix-up. excesivas ([ekseˈsiβ̞as]) and excesivos ([ekseˈsiβ̞os]) 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 “excesivas” becomes o in “excesivos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52472, 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]. excesivos is at rank #25,636, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekseˈsiβ̞os].
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 52472, this pair ranks #92,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excesivas vs excesivos
Shared letters: ceisvx. Private to "excesivas": a. Private to "excesivos": o.
"excesivas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "excesivos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excesivas" and "excesivos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excesivas" or "excesivos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excesivas" and "excesivos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excesivas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excesivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excesivas" and "excesivos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excesivos vs expresivos". 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 #92,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.