Which to use
“permita” and “permitía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,185
- “permita” frequency rank
- #8,292
- “permitía” frequency rank
- 12477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permita | permitía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permita and permitía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: permita vs permitía
A purely visual mix-up. permita ([peɾˈmit̪a]) and permitía ([peɾmiˈt̪ia]) 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 12477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permita is recorded at frequency rank #4,185, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪a]. permitía is at rank #8,292, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ia].
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 12477, this pair ranks #291,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permita vs permitía
Shared letters: aeimprt. Private to "permita": -. Private to "permitía": í.
"permita" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "permitía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permita ← eprmita · pemrita · perimta · permiat · permitta · permmita · permtia · perrmita
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permita" for "permitía" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permita" or "permitía" show up more?
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 "permita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permita" and "permitía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitía vs permuta". 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 #291,415 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.