embutidovsemitidoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: embutido is a noun, emitido is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“embutido” is a noun and “emitido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,606
“embutido” frequency rank
#7,418
“emitido” frequency rank
57024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature embutido emitido
Definition Acción o efecto de embutir. Participio de emitir.

Where the eye mixes embutido and emitido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. embutido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against emitido's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
embutido
7 ch
emitido

Visual trap between embutido and emitido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: embutido is [ẽmbuˈt̪ið̞o] while emitido is [emiˈt̪ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

embutido is recorded at frequency rank #49,606, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽmbuˈt̪ið̞o]. emitido is at rank #7,418, tagged as averb, pronounced [emiˈt̪ið̞o].

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 57024, this pair ranks #72,183 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of embutido vs emitido

Shared letters: deimot. Private to "embutido": bu. Private to "emitido": -.

"embutido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "emitido" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • embutido ← ebmutido · embbutido · embtuido · embuitdo · embutdio · embutiddo · embutiod · embuttido
  • emitido ← eimtido · emiitdo · emitdio · emitiddo · emitiod · emittido · emmitido · emtiido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "embutido" and "emitido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "embutido" is a noun and "emitido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "embutido" vs "emitido" - which ranks higher?
"emitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,418 in our Spanish list, against #49,606 for "embutido". 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 "embutido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emitido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,183 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "embutido" and "emitido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embutido vs embutidos". 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 #72,183 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