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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.

10 ch
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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

Do "permitamos" and "permitimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪amos] versus [peɾmiˈt̪imos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "permitamos" vs "permitimos" - which ranks higher?
"permitimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,453 in our Spanish list, against #44,367 for "permitamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list