Which to use
“excita” is a verb and “excitada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,837
- “excita” frequency rank
- #47,796
- “excitada” frequency rank
- 74633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excita | excitada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de excitar. | Forma del femenino de excitado, participio de excitar. |
Where the eye mixes excita and excitada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excita runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against excitada's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between excita and excitada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excita is [ekˈsit̪a] while excitada is [eksiˈt̪að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “excita” sits inside “excitada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excita is recorded at frequency rank #26,837, classified as averb, pronounced [ekˈsit̪a]. excitada is at rank #47,796, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eksiˈt̪að̞a].
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 74633, this pair ranks #20,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excita vs excitada
Shared letters: aceitx. Private to "excita": -. Private to "excitada": d.
"excita" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "excitada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excita" for "excitada" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excita" or "excitada"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excitada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excita" and "excitada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excitada vs excitan". 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 #20,975 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.