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Which to use

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

#23,769
“emprendido” frequency rank
#17,681
“emprendió” frequency rank
41450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emprendido emprendió
Definition Participio de emprender. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de emprender.

Where the eye mixes emprendido and emprendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
emprendido
9 ch
emprendió

Visual trap between emprendido and emprendió

A purely visual mix-up. emprendido ([ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and emprendió ([ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 41450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emprendido is recorded at frequency rank #23,769, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. emprendió is at rank #17,681, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 41450, this pair ranks #153,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emprendido vs emprendió

Shared letters: deimnpr. Private to "emprendido": o. Private to "emprendió": ó.

"emprendido" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCV  ·  "emprendió" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emprendidoemmprendido · emperndido · empprendido · emprednido · emprenddido · emprenddio · emprendiddo · emprendiod

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emprendido" for "emprendió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "emprendido" or "emprendió"?
"emprendió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,681 in our Spanish list, against #23,769 for "emprendido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "emprendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emprendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emprendido" and "emprendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emprendidas vs emprendido". 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 #153,578 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