omitenvsomitióConfusable pair

Which to use

“omiten” and “omitió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,565
“omiten” frequency rank
#44,894
“omitió” frequency rank
93459
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature omiten omitió
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de omitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de omitir.

Where the eye mixes omiten and omitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. omiten (VCVCVC) and omitió (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
omiten
6 ch
omitió

Why the eye confuses omiten with omitió

A purely visual mix-up. omiten ([oˈmit̪ẽn]) and omitió ([omiˈt̪jo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

omiten is recorded at frequency rank #48,565, classified as averb, pronounced [oˈmit̪ẽn]. omitió is at rank #44,894, tagged as averb, pronounced [omiˈt̪jo].

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 93459, this pair ranks #1,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of omiten vs omitió

Shared letters: imot. Private to "omiten": en. Private to "omitió": ó.

"omiten" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "omitió" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • omiten ← moiten · oimten · omietn · omitenn · omitne · omitten · ommiten · omtien

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "omiten" and "omitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([oˈmit̪ẽn] versus [omiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "omiten" or "omitió" show up more?
"omitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,894 in our Spanish list, against #48,565 for "omiten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "omiten" and "omitió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "omiten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "omitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "omiten" and "omitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ojito vs omitió". 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 #1,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list