Which to use
“excitado” and “excusado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,783
- “excitado” frequency rank
- #46,545
- “excusado” frequency rank
- 78328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excitado | excusado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de excitar. | Participio de excusar. |
Where the eye mixes excitado and excusado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excitado and excusado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between excitado and excusado
A purely visual mix-up. excitado ([eksiˈt̪að̞o]) and excusado ([ekskuˈsað̞o]) 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 78328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excitado is recorded at frequency rank #31,783, classified as averb, pronounced [eksiˈt̪að̞o]. excusado is at rank #46,545, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekskuˈsað̞o].
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 78328, this pair ranks #14,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excitado vs excusado
Shared letters: acdeox. Private to "excitado": it. Private to "excusado": su.
"excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "excusado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "excitado" and "excusado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "excitado" or "excusado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "excitado" and "excusado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excusado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excitado" and "excusado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excavado vs excusado". 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 #14,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.