Which to use
“exit” and “êxito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,897
- “exit” frequency rank
- #5,806
- “êxito” frequency rank
- 42703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | exit | êxito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | saída | resultado |
Where the eye mixes exit and êxito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: exit vs êxito
A purely visual mix-up. exit (/ˈɛgzɪt/, /ˈɛksɪt/) and êxito (/ˈɐj.zi.tu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
exit is recorded at frequency rank #36,897, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛgzɪt/, /ˈɛksɪt/. êxito is at rank #5,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɐj.zi.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 42703, this pair ranks #23,050 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of exit vs êxito
Shared letters: itx. Private to "exit": e. Private to "êxito": oê.
"exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "êxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- exit ← eixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "exit" for "êxito" ever safe?
Frequency check: "exit" vs "êxito" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "exit" and "êxito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "exit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "êxito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,050 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "exit" and "êxito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Edite vs exit". 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 #23,050 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.