Which to use
“excitação” is a noun and “excitado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,293
- “excitação” frequency rank
- #24,319
- “excitado” frequency rank
- 37612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excitação | excitado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou efeito de excitar | que se excitou, que sofreu excitação |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set excitação and excitado apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: excitação is anoun and excitadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excitação is recorded at frequency rank #13,293, classified as anoun. 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 37612, this pair ranks #28,956 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of excitação vs excitado
Shared letters: aceiotx. Private to "excitação": ãç. Private to "excitado": d.
"excitação" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVV · "excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- excitado ← ecxitado · exccitado · exciatdo · excitaddo · excitaod · excitdao · excittado · exctiado
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excitação" and "excitado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "excitação" or "excitado"?
Remembering excitação vs excitado
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “excitação”; for an adjective, it's “excitado”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “excitação” entry
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