editovsemitióTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,141
“edito” frequency rank
#7,153
“emitió” frequency rank
51294
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edito emitió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de editar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emitir.

Where the eye mixes edito and emitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. edito runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against emitió's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
edito
6 ch
emitió

Visual trap between edito and emitió

A purely visual mix-up. edito ([eˈð̞it̪o]) and emitió ([emiˈt̪jo]) 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 51294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edito is recorded at frequency rank #44,141, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈð̞it̪o]. emitió is at rank #7,153, tagged as averb, pronounced [emiˈt̪jo].

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 51294, this pair ranks #98,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of edito vs emitió

Shared letters: eit. Private to "edito": do. Private to "emitió": mó.

"edito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "emitió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • edito ← deito · eddito · ediot · editto · edtio · eidto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "edito" for "emitió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈð̞it̪o] versus [emiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "edito" or "emitió"?
"emitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,153 in our Spanish list, against #44,141 for "edito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "edito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edito" and "emitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edi 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 #98,603 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