Which to use
“excerto” and “excesso” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,977
- “excerto” frequency rank
- #5,422
- “excesso” frequency rank
- 38399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excerto | excesso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | extrato, fragmento de um texto; trecho | diferença para mais: |
Where the eye mixes excerto and excesso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. excerto and excesso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses excerto with excesso
A purely visual mix-up. excerto (/e."sEx.tu/) and excesso (/ɐjʃ.ˈsɛ.su/) 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 38399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excerto is recorded at frequency rank #32,977, classified as anoun, pronounced /e."sEx.tu/. excesso is at rank #5,422, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐjʃ.ˈsɛ.su/.
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 38399, this pair ranks #28,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excerto vs excesso
Shared letters: ceox. Private to "excerto": rt. Private to "excesso": s.
"excerto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "excesso" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excerto" and "excesso" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "excerto" vs "excesso" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excerto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excesso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excerto" and "excesso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enxerto vs excerto". 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 #28,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.