Which to use
“percibidos” and “permitidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,486
- “percibidos” frequency rank
- #18,930
- “permitidos” frequency rank
- 50416
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percibidos | permitidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de percibido, participio de percibir. | Forma del plural de permitido, participio de permitir. |
Where the eye mixes percibidos and permitidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. percibidos and permitidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between percibidos and permitidos
A purely visual mix-up. percibidos ([peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞os]) and permitidos ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os]) 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 50416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percibidos is recorded at frequency rank #31,486, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞ið̞os]. permitidos is at rank #18,930, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os].
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 50416, this pair ranks #103,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of percibidos vs permitidos
Shared letters: deioprs. Private to "percibidos": bc. Private to "permitidos": mt.
"percibidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "permitidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- percibidos ← eprcibidos · pecribidos · percbiidos · perccibidos · percibbidos · percibdios · percibiddos · percibidoss
- permitidos ← eprmitidos · pemritidos · perimtidos · permiitdos · permitdios · permitiddos · permitidoss · permitidso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "percibidos" for "permitidos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "percibidos" vs "permitidos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "percibidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percibidos" and "permitidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percibidas vs percibidos". 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 #103,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.