Which to use
“esto” and “êxito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,970
- “esto” frequency rank
- #5,806
- “êxito” frequency rank
- 28776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | esto | êxito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | agitação das águas do mar; maré; preamar | resultado |
Letter map: esto vs êxito
Shared letters muted; letters that set esto and êxito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. esto runs 4 letters (VCCV) against êxito's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - esto / êxito
esto 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 28776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
esto is recorded at frequency rank #22,970, 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 28776, this pair ranks #40,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of esto vs êxito
Shared letters: ot. Private to "esto": es. Private to "êxito": ixê.
"esto" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "êxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- esto ← esot · essto · estto · etso · seto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "esto" for "êxito" ever safe?
Frequency check: "esto" vs "êxito" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "esto" and "êxito".
- Full dictionary entry for "esto" 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 #40,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "esto" and "êxito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elio vs esto". 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 #40,010 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.