# excerto vs externo

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### excerto
*noun · IPA /e."sEx.tu/ · frequency rank #32,977*
extrato, fragmento de um texto; trecho

### externo
*adjective · IPA /ɪs.ˈter.nu/ · frequency rank #6,420*
que está do lado de fora

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/excerto-vs-externo