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“permanezca” and “permanezcan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,206
- “permanezca” frequency rank
- #23,174
- “permanezcan” frequency rank
- 42380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permanezca | permanezcan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de permanecer. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de permanecer. |
Where the eye mixes permanezca and permanezcan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. permanezca runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCCV) against permanezcan's 11 (CVCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: permanezca vs permanezcan
A purely visual mix-up. permanezca ([peɾmaˈneska]) and permanezcan ([peɾmaˈneskãn]) 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 extra letter(s) - “permanezca” sits inside “permanezcan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permanezca is recorded at frequency rank #19,206, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmaˈneska]. permanezcan is at rank #23,174, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmaˈneskãn].
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 42380, this pair ranks #148,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permanezca vs permanezcan
Shared letters: acemnprz. Private to "permanezca": -. Private to "permanezcan": -.
"permanezca" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCV · "permanezcan" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permanezca ← eprmanezca · pemranezca · peramnezca · permaenzca · permanecza · permanezac · permanezcca · permanezzca
- permanezcan ← eprmanezcan · pemranezcan · peramnezcan · permaenzcan · permaneczan · permanezacn · permanezcann · permanezccan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permanezca" and "permanezcan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permanezca" or "permanezcan" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permanezca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permanezcan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permanezca" and "permanezcan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permanezcan vs pertenezcan". 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 #148,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.