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“edition” and “emisión” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,228
“edition” frequency rank
#4,241
“emisión” frequency rank
22469
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edition emisión
Definition Edición. Acción o efecto de emitir.

Where the eye mixes edition and emisión

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
edition
7 ch
emisión

Visual trap between edition and emisión

A purely visual mix-up. edition (/ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/) and emisión ([emiˈsjõn]) 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 22469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edition is recorded at frequency rank #18,228, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/. emisión is at rank #4,241, tagged as anoun, pronounced [emiˈsjõn].

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 22469, this pair ranks #250,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of edition vs emisión

Shared letters: ein. Private to "edition": dot. Private to "emisión": msó.

"edition" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "emisión" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • editiondeition · eddition · ediiton · editino · editionn · editoin · edittion · edtiion

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "edition" and "emisión" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɪˈdɪʃ.ən/ versus [emiˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "edition" or "emisión"?
"emisión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,241 in our Spanish list, against #18,228 for "edition". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "edition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emisión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edition" and "emisión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edition vs edito". 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 #250,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list