Which to use
“empapado” is a verb and “empatados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,103
- “empapado” frequency rank
- #33,104
- “empatados” frequency rank
- 66207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empapado | empatados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de empapar. | Forma del plural de empatado, participio de empatar. |
Where the eye mixes empapado and empatados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. empapado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against empatados's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses empapado with empatados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: empapado is [ẽmpaˈpað̞o] while empatados is [ẽmpaˈt̪að̞os]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empapado is recorded at frequency rank #33,103, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmpaˈpað̞o]. empatados is at rank #33,104, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpaˈt̪að̞os].
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 66207, this pair ranks #40,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of empapado vs empatados
Shared letters: ademop. Private to "empapado": -. Private to "empatados": st.
"empapado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "empatados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "empapado" for "empatados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "empapado" or "empatados" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "empapado" and "empatados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "empapado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "empatados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empapado" and "empatados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empatados vs empujados". 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 #40,471 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.