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

#23,392
“empujado” frequency rank
#39,195
“empujaron” frequency rank
62587
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature empujado empujaron
Definition Participio de empujar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empujar.

Where the eye mixes empujado and empujaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. empujado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against empujaron's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
empujado
9 ch
empujaron

Why the eye confuses empujado with empujaron

A purely visual mix-up. empujado ([ẽmpuˈxað̞o]) and empujaron ([ẽmpuˈxaɾõn]) 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 62587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

empujado is recorded at frequency rank #23,392, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽmpuˈxað̞o]. empujaron is at rank #39,195, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽmpuˈxaɾõn].

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 62587, this pair ranks #51,509 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of empujado vs empujaron

Shared letters: aejmopu. Private to "empujado": d. Private to "empujaron": nr.

"empujado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "empujaron" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • empujadoemmpujado · empjuado · emppujado · empuajdo · empujaddo · empujaod · empujdao · empujjado
  • empujaronemmpujaron · empjuaron · emppujaron · empuajron · empujaorn · empujarno · empujaronn · empujarron

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "empujado" and "empujaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽmpuˈxað̞o] versus [ẽmpuˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "empujado" or "empujaron"?
"empujado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,392 in our Spanish list, against #39,195 for "empujaron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "empujado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "empujaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,509 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "empujado" and "empujaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "empujados vs empujaron". 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 #51,509 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