exitvsêxitoTell them apart

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.

4 ch
exit
5 ch
êxito

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": .

"exit" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "êxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exiteixt · exitt · exti · exxit · xeit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "exit" for "êxito" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈɛgzɪt/, /ˈɛksɪt/ versus /ˈɐj.zi.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "exit" vs "êxito" - which ranks higher?
"êxito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,806 in our Portuguese list, against #36,897 for "exit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list