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

#40,793
“emitan” frequency rank
#7,153
“emitió” frequency rank
47946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emitan emitió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de emitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emitir.

Where the eye mixes emitan and emitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. emitan (VCVCVC) and emitió (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
emitan
6 ch
emitió

Why the eye confuses emitan with emitió

A purely visual mix-up. emitan ([eˈmit̪ãn]) and emitió ([emiˈt̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emitan is recorded at frequency rank #40,793, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈmit̪ãn]. emitió is at rank #7,153, tagged as averb, pronounced [emiˈt̪jo].

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 47946, this pair ranks #117,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emitan vs emitió

Shared letters: eimt. Private to "emitan": an. Private to "emitió": ó.

"emitan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "emitió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emitan ← eimtan · emiatn · emitann · emitna · emittan · emmitan · emtian · meitan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emitan" and "emitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈmit̪ãn] versus [emiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "emitan" or "emitió"?
"emitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,153 in our Spanish list, against #40,793 for "emitan". 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 "emitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #117,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emitan" and "emitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emitan vs excitan". 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 #117,194 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