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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emitido" and "existido" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emitido" or "existido"?
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.