permitió

[peɾmiˈt̪jo]

/[peɾmiˈt̪jo]/ verb

The verdict

“permitió” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #3,729 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#3,729
frequency rank, Spanish
8
letters
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

permitió vs perrito
63% similar
permitió vs permito
75% similar
permitió vs permitir
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for permitió
PropertyValue
Headwordpermitió
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾmiˈt̪jo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,729
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “permitió” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). permitió lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for permitió is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾmiˈt̪jo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,729 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for permitió, with forms such as "eprmitió", "pemritió", and "perimtió". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "perrito", "permito", "permitir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is permitió, spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-I-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprmitió,pemritió,perimtió,permiitó,permittió,permitói,permmitió,permtiió,perrmitió,ppermitió,premitió

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of permitió - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eprmitió2pemritió2perimtió2permiitó2permittió1permitói2permmitió1permtiió2
Edit distance from "permitió"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permitió"?
"permitió" is spelled P-E-R-M-I-T-I-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾmiˈt̪jo].
What does "permitió" mean?
As a verb, "permitió" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.
What words are commonly confused with "permitió"?
"permitió" is commonly confused with "perrito", "permito", "permitir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "permitió"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permitió" is [peɾmiˈt̪jo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permitió" come from?
"permitió" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “permitió”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-M-I-T-I-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [peɾmiˈt̪jo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “perrito” - see the side-by-side comparison. permitió vs perrito
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list