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

#33,103
“empapado” frequency rank
#23,392
“empujado” frequency rank
56495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empapado empujado
Definition Participio de empapar. Participio de empujar.

Where the eye mixes empapado and empujado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
empapado
8 ch
empujado

Look-alike desk: empapado vs empujado

A purely visual mix-up. empapado ([ẽmpaˈpað̞o]) and empujado ([ẽmpuˈxað̞o]) 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 56495, 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]. empujado is at rank #23,392, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmpuˈxað̞o].

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 56495, this pair ranks #74,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of empapado vs empujado

Shared letters: ademop. Private to "empapado": -. Private to "empujado": ju.

"empapado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "empujado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • empapadoemappado · emmpapado · empaapdo · empapaddo · empapaod · empapdao · empappado · emppaado
  • empujadoemmpujado · empjuado · emppujado · empuajdo · empujaddo · empujaod · empujdao · empujjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "empapado" and "empujado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽmpaˈpað̞o] versus [ẽmpuˈxað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "empapado" vs "empujado" - which ranks higher?
"empujado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,392 in our Spanish list, against #33,103 for "empapado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "empapado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "empujado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,397 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empapado" and "empujado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empapado vs empapados". 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 #74,397 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