Which to use
“permanecía” and “permanecido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,789
- “permanecía” frequency rank
- #13,978
- “permanecido” frequency rank
- 35767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permanecía | permanecido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permanecer. | Participio de permanecer. |
Where the eye mixes permanecía and permanecido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permanecía runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVV) against permanecido's 11 (CVCCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: permanecía vs permanecido
A purely visual mix-up. permanecía ([peɾmaneˈsia]) and permanecido ([peɾmaneˈsið̞o]) 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 35767, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permanecía is recorded at frequency rank #21,789, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmaneˈsia]. permanecido is at rank #13,978, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmaneˈsið̞o].
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 35767, this pair ranks #184,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permanecía vs permanecido
Shared letters: acemnpr. Private to "permanecía": í. Private to "permanecido": dio.
"permanecía" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV · "permanecido" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permanecido ← eprmanecido · pemranecido · peramnecido · permaencido · permanceido · permaneccido · permanecdio · permaneciddo
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "permanecía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permanecido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permanecía" and "permanecido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permanecería vs permanecía". 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 #184,277 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.