Which to use
“empatado” and “empujado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,011
- “empatado” frequency rank
- #23,392
- “empujado” frequency rank
- 58403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empatado | empujado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de empatar. | Participio de empujar. |
Where the eye mixes empatado and empujado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. empatado and empujado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses empatado with empujado
A purely visual mix-up. empatado ([ẽmpaˈt̪að̞o]) 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 58403, 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]. 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 58403, this pair ranks #66,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of empatado vs empujado
Shared letters: ademop. Private to "empatado": t. Private to "empujado": ju.
"empatado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "empujado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "empatado" for "empujado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "empatado" vs "empujado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "empatado" and "empujado" 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 "empujado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "empatado" and "empujado" 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 #66,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.