exatovsexitWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: exato is a adjective, exit is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“exato” is an adjective and “exit” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,642
“exato” frequency rank
#36,897
“exit” frequency rank
41539
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature exato exit
Definition o que não tem erro ou qualquer falta saída

Where the eye mixes exato and exit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
exato
4 ch
exit

Visual trap between exato and exit

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: exato is /i.ˈza.tu/ while exit is /ˈɛgzɪt/, /ˈɛksɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

exato is recorded at frequency rank #4,642, classified as anadj, pronounced /i.ˈza.tu/. exit is at rank #36,897, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛgzɪt/, /ˈɛksɪt/.

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 41539, this pair ranks #24,373 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of exato vs exit

Shared letters: etx. Private to "exato": ao. Private to "exit": i.

"exato" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exatoeaxto · exaot · exatto · extao · exxato · xeato
  • exiteixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exato" for "exit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "exato" is an adjective and "exit" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "exato" or "exit" show up more?
"exato" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,642 in our Portuguese list, against #36,897 for "exit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "exato" and "exit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "exato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,373 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "exato" and "exit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Edite vs exit". 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 #24,373 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