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

#45,285
“emigra” frequency rank
#34,565
“emigró” frequency rank
79850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emigra emigró
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de emigrar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emigrar.

Where the eye mixes emigra and emigró

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

6 ch
emigra
6 ch
emigró

Visual trap between emigra and emigró

A purely visual mix-up. emigra ([eˈmiɣ̞ɾa]) and emigró ([emiˈɣ̞ɾo]) 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 a single letter - a in “emigra” becomes ó in “emigró”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emigra is recorded at frequency rank #45,285, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈmiɣ̞ɾa]. emigró is at rank #34,565, tagged as averb, pronounced [emiˈɣ̞ɾo].

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 79850, this pair ranks #12,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of emigra vs emigró

Shared letters: egimr. Private to "emigra": a. Private to "emigró": ó.

"emigra" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "emigró" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emigra ← eimgra · emgira · emigar · emiggra · emirga · emmigra · meigra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emigra" and "emigró" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈmiɣ̞ɾa] versus [emiˈɣ̞ɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "emigra" or "emigró" show up more?
"emigró" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,565 in our Spanish list, against #45,285 for "emigra". 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 "emigra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emigró" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,447 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emigra" and "emigró" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emigra vs emitía". 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 #12,447 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