permanezcanvspertenezcanWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,174
“permanezcan” frequency rank
#32,798
“pertenezcan” frequency rank
55972
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permanezcan pertenezcan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de permanecer. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de pertenecer.

Where the eye mixes permanezcan and pertenezcan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permanezcan and pertenezcan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
permanezcan
11 ch
pertenezcan

Look-alike desk: permanezcan vs pertenezcan

A purely visual mix-up. permanezcan ([peɾmaˈneskãn]) and pertenezcan ([peɾt̪eˈneskãn]) 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 55972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permanezcan is recorded at frequency rank #23,174, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmaˈneskãn]. pertenezcan is at rank #32,798, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾt̪eˈneskãn].

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 55972, this pair ranks #76,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of permanezcan vs pertenezcan

Shared letters: acenprz. Private to "permanezcan": m. Private to "pertenezcan": t.

"permanezcan" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC  ·  "pertenezcan" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permanezcan ← eprmanezcan · pemranezcan · peramnezcan · permaenzcan · permaneczan · permanezacn · permanezcann · permanezccan
  • pertenezcan ← eprtenezcan · peretnezcan · perrtenezcan · perteenzcan · perteneczan · pertenezacn · pertenezcann · pertenezccan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "permanezcan" for "pertenezcan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmaˈneskãn] versus [peɾt̪eˈneskãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "permanezcan" vs "pertenezcan" - which ranks higher?
"permanezcan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,174 in our Spanish list, against #32,798 for "pertenezcan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "permanezcan" and "pertenezcan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permanezcan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pertenezcan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #76,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permanezcan" and "pertenezcan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pertenezca 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 #76,556 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