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Which to use

“permanecido” and “permaneció” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,978
“permanecido” frequency rank
#9,173
“permaneció” frequency rank
23151
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permanecido permaneció
Definition Participio de permanecer. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permanecer.

Where the eye mixes permanecido and permaneció

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permanecido runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVCV) against permaneció's 10 (CVCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
permanecido
10 ch
permaneció

Look-alike desk: permanecido vs permaneció

A purely visual mix-up. permanecido ([peɾmaneˈsið̞o]) and permaneció ([peɾmaneˈsjo]) 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 23151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permanecido is recorded at frequency rank #13,978, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmaneˈsið̞o]. permaneció is at rank #9,173, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmaneˈsjo].

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 23151, this pair ranks #247,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of permanecido vs permaneció

Shared letters: aceimnpr. Private to "permanecido": do. Private to "permaneció": ó.

"permanecido" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCV  ·  "permaneció" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permanecido ← eprmanecido · pemranecido · peramnecido · permaencido · permanceido · permaneccido · permanecdio · permaneciddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "permanecido" and "permaneció" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmaneˈsið̞o] versus [peɾmaneˈsjo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "permanecido" vs "permaneció" - which ranks higher?
"permaneció" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,173 in our Spanish list, against #13,978 for "permanecido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permanecido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permaneció" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permanecido" and "permaneció" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permanecido vs pertenecido". 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 #247,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list