embajadavsempujadaConfusable pair

Quick tell: embajada is a noun, empujada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“embajada” is a noun and “empujada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,841
“embajada” frequency rank
#48,971
“empujada” frequency rank
52812
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature embajada empujada
Definition Representación diplomática de un país en otro, u oficina y residencia del embajador. Forma del femenino de empujado, participio de empujar.

Where the eye mixes embajada and empujada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. embajada and empujada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
embajada
8 ch
empujada

Visual trap between embajada and empujada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: embajada is [ẽmbaˈxað̞a] while empujada is [ẽmpuˈxað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52812, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

embajada is recorded at frequency rank #3,841, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽmbaˈxað̞a]. empujada is at rank #48,971, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpuˈxað̞a].

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 52812, this pair ranks #90,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of embajada vs empujada

Shared letters: adejm. Private to "embajada": b. Private to "empujada": pu.

"embajada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "empujada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • embajada ← ebmajada · emabjada · embaajda · embajaad · embajadda · embajdaa · embajjada · embbajada
  • empujada ← emmpujada · empjuada · emppujada · empuajda · empujaad · empujadda · empujdaa · empujjada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "embajada" and "empujada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "embajada" is a noun and "empujada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "embajada" vs "empujada" - which ranks higher?
"embajada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,841 in our Spanish list, against #48,971 for "empujada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "embajada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "empujada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #90,867 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "embajada" and "empujada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empujada vs empujados". 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 #90,867 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