Which to use
“excitado” is an adjective and “excitar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,319
- “excitado” frequency rank
- #40,124
- “excitar” frequency rank
- 64443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excitado | excitar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se excitou, que sofreu excitação | provocar excitação em |
Where the eye mixes excitado and excitar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. excitado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against excitar's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: excitado vs excitar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: excitado is /ɐjʃ.si.ˈta.du/ while excitar is /ɐjʃ.si.ˈtaɾ/. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excitado is recorded at frequency rank #24,319, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐjʃ.si.ˈta.du/. excitar is at rank #40,124, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐjʃ.si.ˈtaɾ/.
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 64443, this pair ranks #5,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excitado vs excitar
Shared letters: aceitx. Private to "excitado": do. Private to "excitar": r.
"excitado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "excitar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "excitado" for "excitar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "excitado" or "excitar"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "excitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excitado" and "excitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exaltar vs excitar". 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 #5,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.