emigrarvsemigróWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#14,832
“emigrar” frequency rank
#34,565
“emigró” frequency rank
49397
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emigrar emigró
Definition Dejar el propio lugar de origen para instalarse de manera temporal o permanente en un país o territorio diferentes. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emigrar.

Where the eye mixes emigrar and emigró

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. emigrar runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against emigró's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
emigrar
6 ch
emigró

Visual trap between emigrar and emigró

A purely visual mix-up. emigrar ([emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emigrar is recorded at frequency rank #14,832, classified as averb, pronounced [emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]. 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 49397, this pair ranks #109,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emigrar vs emigró

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

"emigrar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "emigró" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emigrareimgrar · emgirar · emigarr · emiggrar · emigrarr · emigrra · emigrrar · emirgar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emigrar" for "emigró" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([emiˈɣ̞ɾaɾ] versus [emiˈɣ̞ɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "emigrar" or "emigró" show up more?
"emigrar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,832 in our Spanish list, against #34,565 for "emigró". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "emigrar" 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 #109,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emigrar" and "emigró" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emigra vs emigró". 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 #109,099 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