excluidovsexcluirConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,678
“excluido” frequency rank
#16,848
“excluir” frequency rank
37526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature excluido excluir
Definition Participio de excluir. No admitir o sacar a una persona de un grupo de gente, de una sociedad o de otra reunión o agrupación de personas.

Where the eye mixes excluido and excluir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excluido runs 8 letters (VCCCVVCV) against excluir's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
excluido
7 ch
excluir

Why the eye confuses excluido with excluir

A purely visual mix-up. excluido ([eksˈklwið̞o]) and excluir ([eksˈklwiɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

excluido is recorded at frequency rank #20,678, classified as averb, pronounced [eksˈklwið̞o]. excluir is at rank #16,848, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈklwiɾ].

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 37526, this pair ranks #174,855 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of excluido vs excluir

Shared letters: ceilux. Private to "excluido": do. Private to "excluir": r.

"excluido" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "excluir" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excluidoecxluido · exccluido · excliudo · exclluido · excludio · excluiddo · excluiod · exculido
  • excluirecxluir · exccluir · excliur · exclluir · excluirr · excluri · exculir · exlcuir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "excluido" and "excluir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eksˈklwið̞o] versus [eksˈklwiɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "excluido" vs "excluir" - which ranks higher?
"excluir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,848 in our Spanish list, against #20,678 for "excluido". 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 "excluido" and "excluir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "excluido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "excluir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,855 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "excluido" and "excluir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedido vs excluido". 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 #174,855 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