Which to use
“permita” and “permitió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,185
- “permita” frequency rank
- #3,729
- “permitió” frequency rank
- 7914
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permita | permitió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permita and permitió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between permita and permitió
A purely visual mix-up. permita ([peɾˈmit̪a]) and permitió ([peɾmiˈt̪jo]) 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 7914, 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]. permitió is at rank #3,729, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪jo].
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 7914, this pair ranks #306,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permita vs permitió
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permita": a. Private to "permitió": ó.
"permita" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "permitió" · 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 "permitió" ever safe?
Which is more common, "permita" or "permitió"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "permita" and "permitió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permita" and "permitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permita 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 #306,555 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.