Which to use
“percibidas” and “permitidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,916
- “percibidas” frequency rank
- #27,717
- “permitidas” frequency rank
- 67633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percibidas | permitidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de percibido, participio de percibir. | Forma del femenino plural de permitido, participio de permitir. |
Where the eye mixes percibidas and permitidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. percibidas and permitidas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between percibidas and permitidas
A purely visual mix-up. percibidas ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞as]) and permitidas ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as]) 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 67633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percibidas is recorded at frequency rank #39,916, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞as]. permitidas is at rank #27,717, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as].
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 67633, this pair ranks #36,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of percibidas vs permitidas
Shared letters: adeiprs. Private to "percibidas": bc. Private to "permitidas": mt.
"percibidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "permitidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- percibidas ← eprcibidas · pecribidas · percbiidas · perccibidas · percibbidas · percibdias · percibiads · percibidass
- permitidas ← eprmitidas · pemritidas · perimtidas · permiitdas · permitdias · permitiads · permitidass · permitiddas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percibidas" and "permitidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "percibidas" or "permitidas" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "percibidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percibidas" and "permitidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percibía vs percibidas". 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 #36,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.