permitasvspermitesWhat's the difference?

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

#26,177
“permitas” frequency rank
#26,178
“permites” frequency rank
52355
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitas permites
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitas and permites

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. permitas and permites follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
permitas
8 ch
permites

Look-alike desk: permitas vs permites

A purely visual mix-up. permitas ([peɾˈmit̪as]) and permites ([peɾˈmit̪es]) 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 “permitas” becomes e in “permites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitas is recorded at frequency rank #26,177, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪as]. permites is at rank #26,178, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪es].

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 52355, this pair ranks #93,114 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitas vs permites

Shared letters: eimprst. Private to "permitas": a. Private to "permites": -.

"permitas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "permites" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitas ← eprmitas · pemritas · perimtas · permiats · permitass · permitsa · permittas · permmitas
  • permites ← eprmites · pemrites · perimtes · permiets · permitess · permitse · permittes · permmites

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "permitas" for "permites" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾˈmit̪as] versus [peɾˈmit̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "permitas" vs "permites" - which ranks higher?
"permitas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,177 in our Spanish list, against #26,178 for "permites". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "permitas" and "permites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,114 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitas" and "permites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitas 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 #93,114 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