emigradosvsemigraronWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: emigrados is a participle, emigraron is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“emigrados” is a participle and “emigraron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,579
“emigrados” frequency rank
#30,054
“emigraron” frequency rank
67633
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emigrados emigraron
Definition Forma del plural de emigrado, participio de emigrar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emigrar.

Where the eye mixes emigrados and emigraron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. emigrados and emigraron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
emigrados
9 ch
emigraron

Why the eye confuses emigrados with emigraron

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emigrados is [emiˈɣ̞ɾað̞os] while emigraron is [emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾõn]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emigrados is recorded at frequency rank #37,579, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [emiˈɣ̞ɾað̞os]. emigraron is at rank #30,054, tagged as averb, pronounced [emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾõn].

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 67633, this pair ranks #36,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of emigrados vs emigraron

Shared letters: aegimor. Private to "emigrados": ds. Private to "emigraron": n.

"emigrados" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC  ·  "emigraron" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emigradoseimgrados · emgirados · emigardos · emiggrados · emigraddos · emigradoss · emigradso · emigraods
  • emigraroneimgraron · emgiraron · emigarron · emiggraron · emigraorn · emigrarno · emigraronn · emigrarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emigrados" and "emigraron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emigrados" is a participle and "emigraron" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "emigrados" vs "emigraron" - which ranks higher?
"emigraron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,054 in our Spanish list, against #37,579 for "emigrados". 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 "emigrados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emigraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emigrados" and "emigraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emigran vs emigraron". 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 #36,628 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