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Which to use

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

#48,372
“empleamos” frequency rank
#27,972
“emplearon” frequency rank
76344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empleamos emplearon
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de emplear o de emplearse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emplear o de emplearse.

Where the eye mixes empleamos and emplearon

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

9 ch
empleamos
9 ch
emplearon

Visual trap between empleamos and emplearon

A purely visual mix-up. empleamos ([ẽmpleˈamos]) and emplearon ([ẽmpleˈaɾõn]) 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 76344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

empleamos is recorded at frequency rank #48,372, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmpleˈamos]. emplearon is at rank #27,972, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmpleˈaɾõn].

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 76344, this pair ranks #17,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of empleamos vs emplearon

Shared letters: aelmop. Private to "empleamos": s. Private to "emplearon": nr.

"empleamos" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC  ·  "emplearon" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • empleamosemlpeamos · emmpleamos · empelamos · emplaemos · empleammos · empleamoss · empleamso · empleaoms
  • emplearonemlpearon · emmplearon · empelaron · emplaeron · empleaorn · emplearno · emplearonn · emplearron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "empleamos" and "emplearon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽmpleˈamos] versus [ẽmpleˈaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "empleamos" vs "emplearon" - which ranks higher?
"emplearon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,972 in our Spanish list, against #48,372 for "empleamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "empleamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emplearon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empleamos" and "emplearon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empataron vs emplearon". 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 #17,913 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