Which to use
“perdía” and “permita” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,670
- “perdía” frequency rank
- #4,185
- “permita” frequency rank
- 18855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | perdía | permita |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perder o de perderse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes perdía and permita
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: perdía vs permita
A purely visual mix-up. perdía ([peɾˈð̞ia]) and permita ([peɾˈmit̪a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
perdía is recorded at frequency rank #14,670, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾˈð̞ia]. permita is at rank #4,185, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪a].
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 18855, this pair ranks #266,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of perdía vs permita
Shared letters: aepr. Private to "perdía": dí. Private to "permita": imt.
"perdía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "permita" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permita ← eprmita · pemrita · perimta · permiat · permitta · permmita · permtia · perrmita
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "perdía" for "permita" ever safe?
Which is more common, "perdía" or "permita"?
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 "perdía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "perdía" and "permita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perciba vs perdía". 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 #266,200 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.