emissorvsemissoraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: emissor is a adjective, emissora is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“emissor” is an adjective and “emissora” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,959
“emissor” frequency rank
#4,063
“emissora” frequency rank
29022
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emissor emissora
Definition que emite; difusor instalações tecnoeletrônicas que permitem que sinais elétricos sejam emitidos para a atmosfera através de um sistema de antenas irradiantes; difusora

Letter map: emissor vs emissora

Shared letters muted; letters that set emissor and emissora apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. emissor runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against emissora's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
emissor
8 ch
emissora

Role in the sentence - emissor and emissora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: emissor is anadjective and emissoraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emissor” sits inside “emissora”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29022, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emissor is recorded at frequency rank #24,959, classified as anadj. emissora is at rank #4,063, tagged as anoun, pronounced /i.mi.ˈso.ɾɐ/.

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 29022, this pair ranks #39,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emissor vs emissora

Shared letters: eimors. Private to "emissor": -. Private to "emissora": a.

"emissor" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC  ·  "emissora" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emissor ← eimssor · emisor · emisosr · emissorr · emissro · emmissor · emsisor · meissor
  • emissora ← eimssora · emisora · emisosra · emissoar · emissorra · emissroa · emmissora · emsisora

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "emissor" and "emissora" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emissor" is an adjective and "emissora" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "emissor" or "emissora" show up more?
"emissora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,063 in our Portuguese list, against #24,959 for "emissor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "emissor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emissora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • 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 #39,708 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list