Which to use
“empatado” and “emplazado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,011
- “empatado” frequency rank
- #37,581
- “emplazado” frequency rank
- 72592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empatado | emplazado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de empatar. | Participio de emplazar. |
Where the eye mixes empatado and emplazado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. empatado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against emplazado's 9 (VCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between empatado and emplazado
A purely visual mix-up. empatado ([ẽmpaˈt̪að̞o]) and emplazado ([ẽmplaˈsað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empatado is recorded at frequency rank #35,011, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmpaˈt̪að̞o]. emplazado is at rank #37,581, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmplaˈsað̞o].
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 72592, this pair ranks #25,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of empatado vs emplazado
Shared letters: ademop. Private to "empatado": t. Private to "emplazado": lz.
"empatado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "emplazado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "empatado" for "emplazado" ever safe?
Which is more common, "empatado" or "emplazado"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "empatado" and "emplazado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "empatado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emplazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empatado" and "emplazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empapados vs empatado". 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 #25,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.