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“êxito” and “êxodo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,806
“êxito” frequency rank
#14,269
“êxodo” frequency rank
20075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature êxito êxodo
Definition resultado emigração de todo um povo ou saída de pessoas em massa

Where the eye mixes êxito and êxodo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
êxito
5 ch
êxodo

Why the eye confuses êxito with êxodo

A purely visual mix-up. êxito (/ˈɐj.zi.tu/) and êxodo (/ˈe.zɘ.dʊ/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

êxito is recorded at frequency rank #5,806, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɐj.zi.tu/. êxodo is at rank #14,269, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈe.zɘ.dʊ/.

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 20075, this pair ranks #50,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of êxito vs êxodo

Shared letters: oxê. Private to "êxito": it. Private to "êxodo": d.

"êxito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "êxodo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "êxito" for "êxodo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈɐj.zi.tu/ versus /ˈe.zɘ.dʊ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "êxito" or "êxodo"?
"êxito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,806 in our Portuguese list, against #14,269 for "êxodo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "êxito" and "êxodo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "êxito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "êxodo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "êxito" and "êxodo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engodo vs êxodo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #50,528 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