emitidovsexistidoConfusable pair

Quick tell: emitido is a verb, existido is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“emitido” is a verb and “existido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,760
“emitido” frequency rank
#17,280
“existido” frequency rank
26040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emitido existido
Definition singular do particípio passado do verbo emitir que existiu

Letter map: emitido vs existido

Shared letters muted; letters that set emitido and existido apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. emitido runs 7 letters (VCVCVCV) against existido's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
emitido
8 ch
existido

Part-of-speech tell for emitido / existido

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: emitido is averb and existidoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emitido is recorded at frequency rank #8,760, classified as averb. existido is at rank #17,280, tagged as anadj.

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 26040, this pair ranks #43,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emitido vs existido

Shared letters: deiot. Private to "emitido": m. Private to "existido": sx.

"emitido" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "existido" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emitido ← eimtido · emiitdo · emitdio · emitiddo · emitiod · emittido · emmitido · emtiido
  • existido ← eixstido · exisitdo · exisstido · existdio · existiddo · existiod · existtido · exitsido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "emitido" and "existido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emitido" is a verb and "existido" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "emitido" or "existido"?
"emitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,760 in our Portuguese list, against #17,280 for "existido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "emitido" vs "existido" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emitido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "existido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emitido" and "existido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emitido vs emitir". 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 #43,187 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