excesso vs exceto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#5,422
“excesso” frequency rank: #2,421
“exceto” frequency rank: 7843
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	excesso	exceto
Definition	diferença para mais:	parte contra a qual se propõe exceção

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set excesso and exceto apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

excesso

6 ch

exceto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excesso is /ɐjʃ.ˈsɛ.su/ while exceto is /ɐjʃ.ˈsɛ.tu/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

excesso is recorded at frequency rank #5,422, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐjʃ.ˈsɛ.su/. exceto is at rank #2,421, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.ˈsɛ.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 7843, this pair ranks #66,169 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of excesso vs exceto

Shared letters: ceox. Private to "excesso": s. Private to "exceto": t.

"excesso" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "exceto" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

excesso ← ecxesso · exccesso · exceso · excesos · excseso · execsso · exxcesso · xecesso
exceto ← ecxeto · excceto · exceot · excetto · excteo · execto · exxceto · xeceto

Frequency comparison

excesso#5,422

exceto#2,421

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "excesso" and "exceto" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "excesso" is a noun and "exceto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "excesso" or "exceto"?

"exceto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,421 in our Portuguese list, against #5,422 for "excesso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering excesso vs exceto

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “excesso”; for an adjective, it's “exceto”.
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