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

#13,458
“excesos” frequency rank
#7,428
“excusas” frequency rank
20886
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excesos excusas
Definition Forma del plural de exceso. Forma del plural de excusa.

Where the eye mixes excesos and excusas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
excesos
7 ch
excusas

Look-alike desk: excesos vs excusas

A purely visual mix-up. excesos ([ekˈsesos]) and excusas ([eksˈkusas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

excesos is recorded at frequency rank #13,458, classified as anoun, pronounced [ekˈsesos]. excusas is at rank #7,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eksˈkusas].

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 20886, this pair ranks #257,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of excesos vs excusas

Shared letters: cesx. Private to "excesos": o. Private to "excusas": au.

"excesos" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "excusas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excesosecxesos · exccesos · exceoss · excesoss · excessos · excseos · execsos · exsesos
  • excusasecxusas · exccusas · excsuas · excuass · excusass · excussas · exucsas · exxcusas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "excesos" and "excusas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ekˈsesos] versus [eksˈkusas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "excesos" vs "excusas" - which ranks higher?
"excusas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,428 in our Spanish list, against #13,458 for "excesos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "excesos" and "excusas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "excesos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "excusas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excesos" and "excusas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excusado vs excusas". 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 #257,339 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