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“percibimos” and “permitimos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,737
- “percibimos” frequency rank
- #22,453
- “permitimos” frequency rank
- 59190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | percibimos | permitimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de percibir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes percibimos and permitimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. percibimos and permitimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: percibimos vs permitimos
A purely visual mix-up. percibimos ([peɾsiˈβ̞imos]) and permitimos ([peɾmiˈt̪imos]) 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 59190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
percibimos is recorded at frequency rank #36,737, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾsiˈβ̞imos]. permitimos is at rank #22,453, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪imos].
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 59190, this pair ranks #63,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of percibimos vs permitimos
Shared letters: eimoprs. Private to "percibimos": bc. Private to "permitimos": t.
"percibimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "permitimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- percibimos ← eprcibimos · pecribimos · percbiimos · perccibimos · percibbimos · percibimmos · percibimoss · percibimso
- permitimos ← eprmitimos · pemritimos · perimtimos · permiitmos · permitimmos · permitimoss · permitimso · permitioms
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "percibimos" and "permitimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "percibimos" or "permitimos"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "percibimos" and "permitimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "percibimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "percibimos" and "permitimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percibidas vs percibimos". 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 #63,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.