Which to use
“excuse” and “êxtase” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,418
- “excuse” frequency rank
- #19,033
- “êxtase” frequency rank
- 62451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | excuse | êxtase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desculpa | estado, causado em geral por alegria, prática religiosa, ou outra emoção forte, em que o indivíduo se sente transportado para fora de si próprio, elevado a realidades que ultrapassam o sensível |
Where the eye mixes excuse and êxtase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. excuse and êxtase follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses excuse with êxtase
A purely visual mix-up. excuse (/ɪksˈkjuz/) and êxtase (/ˈɐjʃ.tɐ.zɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
excuse is recorded at frequency rank #43,418, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪksˈkjuz/. êxtase is at rank #19,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɐjʃ.tɐ.zɨ/.
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 62451, this pair ranks #6,662 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of excuse vs êxtase
Shared letters: esx. Private to "excuse": cu. Private to "êxtase": atê.
"excuse" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "êxtase" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- excuse ← ecxuse · exccuse · excsue · excues · excusse · exucse · exxcuse · xecuse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "excuse" and "êxtase" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "excuse" vs "êxtase" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "excuse" and "êxtase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "excuse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "êxtase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,662 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "excuse" and "êxtase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estate vs êxtase". 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 #6,662 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.