# excitar vs exercitar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### excitar
*verb · IPA /ɐjʃ.si.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #40,124*
provocar excitação em

### exercitar
*verb · IPA /i.zɨɾ.si.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #18,058*
praticar

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