emosvshemosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: emos is a noun, hemos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“emos” is a noun and “hemos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,485
“emos” frequency rank
#339
“hemos” frequency rank
35824
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emos hemos
Definition Forma del plural de emo. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de haber.

Same sound, different letters: emos vs hemos

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

4 ch
emos
5 ch
hemos

Same sound, different spelling - emos / hemos

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: emos and hemos carry the same recorded pronunciation, [ˈemos]. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emos” sits inside “hemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emos is recorded at frequency rank #35,485, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈemos]. hemos is at rank #339, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈemos].

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 35824, this pair ranks #183,974 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emos vs hemos

Shared letters: emos. Private to "emos": -. Private to "hemos": h.

"emos" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "hemos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emosemmos · emoss · emso · eoms · meos
  • hemosehmos · hemmos · hemoss · hemso · heoms · hhemos · hmeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "emos" and "hemos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emos" is a noun and "hemos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "emos" vs "hemos" - which ranks higher?
"hemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #339 in our Spanish list, against #35,485 for "emos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've separated the homophone pair "emos" / "hemos". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,974 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emos" and "hemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emos vs eses". 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 #183,974 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