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

#14,128
“emisoras” frequency rank
#36,549
“emisores” frequency rank
50677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emisoras emisores
Definition Forma del femenino plural de emisor. Forma del masculino plural de emisor.

Where the eye mixes emisoras and emisores

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

8 ch
emisoras
8 ch
emisores

Why the eye confuses emisoras with emisores

A purely visual mix-up. emisoras ([emiˈsoɾas]) and emisores ([emiˈsoɾes]) 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 a single letter - a in “emisoras” becomes e in “emisores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emisoras is recorded at frequency rank #14,128, classified as anadj, pronounced [emiˈsoɾas]. emisores is at rank #36,549, tagged as anadj, pronounced [emiˈsoɾes].

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 50677, this pair ranks #101,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emisoras vs emisores

Shared letters: eimors. Private to "emisoras": a. Private to "emisores": -.

"emisoras" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "emisores" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emisoras ← eimsoras · emiosras · emisoars · emisorass · emisorras · emisorsa · emisroas · emissoras
  • emisores ← eimsores · emiosres · emisoers · emisoress · emisorres · emisorse · emisroes · emissores

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emisoras" for "emisores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([emiˈsoɾas] versus [emiˈsoɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "emisoras" or "emisores"?
"emisoras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,128 in our Spanish list, against #36,549 for "emisores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emisoras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emisores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,925 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emisoras" and "emisores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emisor vs emisores". 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 #101,925 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