editorvsêxitoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“editor” and “êxito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,720
“editor” frequency rank
#5,806
“êxito” frequency rank
8526
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature editor êxito
Definition o que ou aquele que edita: resultado

Letter map: editor vs êxito

Shared letters muted; letters that set editor and êxito apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
editor
5 ch
êxito

Pair insight - editor / êxito

editor and êxito are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

editor is recorded at frequency rank #2,720, classified as anoun. êxito is at rank #5,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɐj.zi.tu/.

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 8526, this pair ranks #65,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of editor vs êxito

Shared letters: iot. Private to "editor": der. Private to "êxito": .

"editor" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "êxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editordeitor · edditor · ediotr · editorr · editro · edittor · edtior · eidtor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "editor" for "êxito" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "editor" or "êxito" show up more?
"editor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,720 in our Portuguese list, against #5,806 for "êxito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "editor" and "êxito". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "editor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "êxito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "editor" and "êxito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Edite vs êxito". 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 #65,211 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list