visitar
[bisiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“visitar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,587 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #2,587
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ir a ver a uno en su casa por cortesanía, atención, amistad o cualquier otro motivo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | visitar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bisiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “visitar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for visitar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bisiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,587 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for visitar, with forms such as "bisitar", "ivsitar", and "vicitar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "vista", "vistas", "visité", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is visitar, spelled V-I-S-I-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ir a ver a uno en su casa por cortesanía, atención, amistad o cualquier otro motivo.
- 2Ir a un templo o santuario por devoción, o para ganar indulgencias.
- 3Informarse el juez superior, u otra autoridad, personalmente o por medio de alguno que envía en su nombre, del proceder de los ministros inferiores o empleados, y del estado de las causas y asuntos del servicio en los distritos de su jurisdicción.
- 4Ir el médico a casa del enfermo para asistirle.
- 5Registrar en las aduanas o puertas, o en otra parte destinada a este efecto, los géneros o mercaderías, para el pago de los derechos o para ver si son de lícito comercio.
- 6Examinar los oficios públicos, y en ellos los instrumentos o géneros que respectivamente tocan a cada uno, para ver si están fieles o según ley u ordenanza.
- 7Reconocer en las cárceles los presos y las prisiones en orden a su seguridad.
- 8Examinar el juez eclesiástico a las personas en orden al cumplimiento de sus obligaciones cristianas y eclesiásticas, y reconocer las iglesias, obras pías y bienes eclesiásticos, para ver si están y se mantienen en el orden y disposición que deben tener.
- 9Informarse personalmente de una cosa.
- 10Acudir con frecuencia a un paraje con objeto determinado.
- 11Ir un juez o tribunal a la cárcel para enterarse del estado de los presos y recibir sus reclamaciones.
- 12Enviar Dios a los hombres algún especial consuelo o trabajo para su mayor merecimiento, o para que se reconozcan.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bisitar,ivsitar,vicitar,viistar,visiatr,visitarr,visitra,visittar,vissitar,vistiar,vsiitar,vvisitar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of visitar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “visitar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-S-I-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bisiˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vista” - see the side-by-side comparison. visitar vs vista
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.