excitavséxitoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: excita is a verb, éxito is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“excita” is a verb and “éxito” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,837
“excita” frequency rank
#731
“éxito” frequency rank
27568
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excita éxito
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de excitar. Logro o compensación satisfactoria de una tarea o actividad.

Where the eye mixes excita and éxito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. excita runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against éxito's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
excita
5 ch
éxito

Look-alike desk: excita vs éxito

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excita is [ekˈsit̪a] while éxito is [ˈeksit̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27568, 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]. éxito is at rank #731, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeksit̪o].

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 27568, this pair ranks #226,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of excita vs éxito

Shared letters: itx. Private to "excita": ace. Private to "éxito": oé.

"excita" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "éxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excita ← ecxita · exccita · exciat · excitta · exctia · exicta · exxcita · xecita

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "excita" and "éxito" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "excita" is a verb and "éxito" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "excita" or "éxito"?
"éxito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #731 in our Spanish list, against #26,837 for "excita". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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 "éxito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excita" and "éxito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excita 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 #226,193 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