permitanvspermitiránWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#6,937
“permitan” frequency rank
#17,512
“permitirán” frequency rank
24449
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitan permitirán
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitan and permitirán

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. permitan runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against permitirán's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
permitan
10 ch
permitirán

Why the eye confuses permitan with permitirán

A purely visual mix-up. permitan ([peɾˈmit̪ãn]) and permitirán ([peɾmit̪iˈɾãn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitan is recorded at frequency rank #6,937, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪ãn]. permitirán is at rank #17,512, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾãn].

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 24449, this pair ranks #241,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitan vs permitirán

Shared letters: eimnprt. Private to "permitan": a. Private to "permitirán": á.

"permitan" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "permitirán" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitan ← eprmitan · pemritan · perimtan · permiatn · permitann · permitna · permittan · permmitan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "permitan" and "permitirán" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾˈmit̪ãn] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitan" or "permitirán" show up more?
"permitan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,937 in our Spanish list, against #17,512 for "permitirán". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitirán" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitan" and "permitirán" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitirán vs permitiré". 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 #241,132 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