Which to use
“excita” and “excitado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,837
- “excita” frequency rank
- #31,783
- “excitado” frequency rank
- 58620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excita | excitado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de excitar. | Participio de excitar. |
Where the eye mixes excita and excitado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excita runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against excitado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses excita with excitado
A purely visual mix-up. excita ([ekˈsit̪a]) and excitado ([eksiˈt̪að̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “excita” sits inside “excitado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58620, 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]. excitado is at rank #31,783, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksiˈt̪að̞o].
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 58620, this pair ranks #65,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excita vs excitado
Shared letters: aceitx. Private to "excita": -. Private to "excitado": do.
"excita" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excita" for "excitado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excita" or "excitado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "excita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excita" and "excitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excitado 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 #65,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.