empapadosvsempujadosWhat's the difference?

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

#47,099
“empapados” frequency rank
#47,764
“empujados” frequency rank
94863
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empapados empujados
Definition Forma del plural de empapado, participio de empapar o de empaparse. Forma del plural de empujado, participio de empujar.

Where the eye mixes empapados and empujados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. empapados and empujados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
empapados
9 ch
empujados

Look-alike desk: empapados vs empujados

A purely visual mix-up. empapados ([ẽmpaˈpað̞os]) and empujados ([ẽmpuˈxað̞os]) 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 94863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

empapados is recorded at frequency rank #47,099, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpaˈpað̞os]. empujados is at rank #47,764, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpuˈxað̞os].

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 94863, this pair ranks #694 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of empapados vs empujados

Shared letters: ademops. Private to "empapados": -. Private to "empujados": ju.

"empapados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "empujados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • empapadosemappados · emmpapados · empaapdos · empapaddos · empapadoss · empapadso · empapaods · empapdaos
  • empujadosemmpujados · empjuados · emppujados · empuajdos · empujaddos · empujadoss · empujadso · empujaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "empapados" for "empujados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽmpaˈpað̞os] versus [ẽmpuˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "empapados" or "empujados"?
"empapados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #47,099 in our Spanish list, against #47,764 for "empujados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "empapados" and "empujados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "empapados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "empujados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #694 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empapados" and "empujados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empujada 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 #694 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