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.
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
- emprendido ← emmprendido · emperndido · empprendido · emprednido · emprenddido · emprenddio · emprendiddo · emprendiod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emprendido" for "emprendió" ever safe?
Which is more common, "emprendido" or "emprendió"?
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.