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“permitamos” and “permitimos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,367
- “permitamos” frequency rank
- #22,453
- “permitimos” frequency rank
- 66820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitamos | permitimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitamos and permitimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permitamos and permitimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: permitamos vs permitimos
A purely visual mix-up. permitamos ([peɾmiˈt̪amos]) and permitimos ([peɾmiˈt̪imos]) 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 a single letter - a in “permitamos” becomes i in “permitimos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66820, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitamos is recorded at frequency rank #44,367, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪amos]. permitimos is at rank #22,453, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪imos].
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 66820, this pair ranks #38,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of permitamos vs permitimos
Shared letters: eimoprst. Private to "permitamos": a. Private to "permitimos": -.
"permitamos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "permitimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitamos ← eprmitamos · pemritamos · perimtamos · permiatmos · permitammos · permitamoss · permitamso · permitaoms
- permitimos ← eprmitimos · pemritimos · perimtimos · permiitmos · permitimmos · permitimoss · permitimso · permitioms
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "permitamos" vs "permitimos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "permitamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitamos" and "permitimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitamos vs permitas". 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 #38,783 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.