Which to use
“exaltado” and “excitado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,146
- “exaltado” frequency rank
- #24,319
- “excitado” frequency rank
- 54465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exaltado | excitado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ferrenho | que se excitou, que sofreu excitação |
Where the eye mixes exaltado and excitado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. exaltado (VCVCCVCV) and excitado (VCCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: exaltado vs excitado
A purely visual mix-up. exaltado (/i.za.lˈta.du/) and excitado (/ɐjʃ.si.ˈta.du/) 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 54465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exaltado is recorded at frequency rank #30,146, classified as anadj, pronounced /i.za.lˈta.du/. excitado is at rank #24,319, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.si.ˈta.du/.
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 54465, this pair ranks #11,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of exaltado vs excitado
Shared letters: adeotx. Private to "exaltado": l. Private to "excitado": ci.
"exaltado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "exaltado" and "excitado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "exaltado" or "excitado"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "exaltado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exaltado" and "excitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excitado vs excitar". 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 #11,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.