escusado
/iʃ.ku.ˈza.du/
The verdict
“escusado” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #47,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,339
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - particípio passado do verbo escusar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escusado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iʃ.ku.ˈza.du/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “escusado” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around escusado (IPA /iʃ.ku.ˈza.du/), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,339 among 2,493 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "particípio passado do verbo escusar".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for escusado, with forms such as "ecsusado", "esccusado", and "escsuado". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "estudado", "escudo", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is escusado, spelled E-S-C-U-S-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1particípio passado do verbo escusar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecsusado,esccusado,escsuado,escuasdo,escusaddo,escusaod,escusdao,escussado,esscusado,esucsado,secusado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of escusado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “escusado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-S-C-U-S-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /iʃ.ku.ˈza.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “estudado” - see the side-by-side comparison. escusado vs estudado
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.