Which to use
“edition” and “emotion” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,658
- “edition” frequency rank
- #5,215
- “emotion” frequency rank
- 6873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | edition | emotion |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time. | Movement; agitation. |
Where the eye mixes edition and emotion
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. edition and emotion follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: edition vs emotion
A purely visual mix-up. edition (/ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/) and emotion (/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/) 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 6873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
edition is recorded at frequency rank #1,658, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n/. emotion is at rank #5,215, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/.
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 6873, this pair ranks #509,631 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of edition vs emotion
Shared letters: einot. Private to "edition": d. Private to "emotion": m.
"edition" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "emotion" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "edition" for "emotion" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "edition" or "emotion" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "edition" and "emotion" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "edition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emotion" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #509,631 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "edition" and "emotion" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elation vs emotion". 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 #509,631 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.