emigravsEmiliaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: emigra is a verb, Emilia is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“emigra” is a verb and “Emilia” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,285
“emigra” frequency rank
#17,122
“Emilia” frequency rank
62407
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emigra Emilia
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de emigrar. Nombre de pila de mujer.

Where the eye mixes emigra and Emilia

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
emigra
6 ch
Emilia

Look-alike desk: emigra vs Emilia

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emigra is [eˈmiɣ̞ɾa] while Emilia is [eˈmilja]. 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 (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62407, 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]. Emilia is at rank #17,122, tagged as aname, pronounced [eˈmilja].

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 62407, this pair ranks #52,147 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of emigra vs Emilia

Shared letters: aeim. Private to "emigra": gr. Private to "Emilia": l.

"emigra" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "Emilia" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emigraeimgra · emgira · emigar · emiggra · emirga · emmigra · meigra
  • Emiliaeimlia · emiila · emilai · emillia · emliia · emmilia · meilia

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emigra" for "Emilia" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emigra" is a verb and "Emilia" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "emigra" or "Emilia" show up more?
"Emilia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,122 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.

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 "emigra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Emilia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,147 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emigra" and "Emilia" 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 #52,147 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