emigradovsemigrarConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#27,204
“emigrado” frequency rank
#14,832
“emigrar” frequency rank
42036
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emigrado emigrar
Definition Participio de emigrar. Dejar el propio lugar de origen para instalarse de manera temporal o permanente en un país o territorio diferentes.

Where the eye mixes emigrado and emigrar

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

8 ch
emigrado
7 ch
emigrar

Visual trap between emigrado and emigrar

A purely visual mix-up. emigrado ([emiˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]) and emigrar ([emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42036, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emigrado is recorded at frequency rank #27,204, classified as averb, pronounced [emiˈɣ̞ɾað̞o]. emigrar is at rank #14,832, tagged as averb, pronounced [emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾ].

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 42036, this pair ranks #150,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emigrado vs emigrar

Shared letters: aegimr. Private to "emigrado": do. Private to "emigrar": -.

"emigrado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV  ·  "emigrar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emigradoeimgrado · emgirado · emigardo · emiggrado · emigraddo · emigraod · emigrdao · emigrrado
  • emigrareimgrar · emgirar · emigarr · emiggrar · emigrarr · emigrra · emigrrar · emirgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emigrado" and "emigrar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([emiˈɣ̞ɾað̞o] versus [emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "emigrado" vs "emigrar" - which ranks higher?
"emigrar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,832 in our Spanish list, against #27,204 for "emigrado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "emigrado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emigrar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emigrado" and "emigrar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emigra vs emigrado". 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 #150,438 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