ejercióvsemergióTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,826
“ejerció” frequency rank
#34,085
“emergió” frequency rank
48911
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ejerció emergió
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ejercer o de ejercerse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emerger.

Where the eye mixes ejerció and emergió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ejerció and emergió follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
ejerció
7 ch
emergió

Look-alike desk: ejerció vs emergió

A purely visual mix-up. ejerció ([exeɾˈsjo]) and emergió ([emeɾˈxjo]) 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 48911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ejerció is recorded at frequency rank #14,826, classified as averb, pronounced [exeɾˈsjo]. emergió is at rank #34,085, tagged as averb, pronounced [emeɾˈxjo].

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 48911, this pair ranks #111,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ejerció vs emergió

Shared letters: eiró. Private to "ejerció": cj. Private to "emergió": gm.

"ejerció" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV  ·  "emergió" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ejerció" for "emergió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([exeɾˈsjo] versus [emeɾˈxjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ejerció" or "emergió"?
"ejerció" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,826 in our Spanish list, against #34,085 for "emergió". 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 "ejerció" and "emergió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ejerció" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emergió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,821 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ejerció" and "emergió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emerger vs emergió". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #111,821 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