Which to use
“emitió” is a verb and “emotivo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,153
- “emitió” frequency rank
- #15,842
- “emotivo” frequency rank
- 22995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emitió | emotivo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emitir. | Que pertenece o concierne a la emoción o las emociones. |
Where the eye mixes emitió and emotivo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. emitió runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against emotivo's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between emitió and emotivo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emitió is [emiˈt̪jo] while emotivo is [emoˈt̪iβ̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emitió is recorded at frequency rank #7,153, classified as averb, pronounced [emiˈt̪jo]. emotivo is at rank #15,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced [emoˈt̪iβ̞o].
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 22995, this pair ranks #247,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emitió vs emotivo
Shared letters: eimt. Private to "emitió": ó. Private to "emotivo": ov.
"emitió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "emotivo" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- emotivo ← emmotivo · emoitvo · emotibo · emotiov · emotivvo · emottivo · emotvio · emtoivo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emitió" for "emotivo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "emitió" or "emotivo"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "emitió" and "emotivo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emitió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emotivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emitió" and "emotivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emotivas vs emotivo". 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 #247,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.