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.
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
- emigrar ← eimgrar · emgirar · emigarr · emiggrar · emigrarr · emigrra · emigrrar · emirgar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emigrar" for "emigró" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "emigrar" or "emigró" show up more?
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.