Which to use
“permiten” and “permitía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,739
- “permiten” frequency rank
- #8,292
- “permitía” frequency rank
- 11031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permiten | permitía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permiten and permitía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. permiten (CVCCVCVC) and permitía (CVCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between permiten and permitía
A purely visual mix-up. permiten ([peɾˈmit̪ẽn]) and permitía ([peɾmiˈt̪ia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permiten is recorded at frequency rank #2,739, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪ẽn]. permitía is at rank #8,292, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ia].
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 11031, this pair ranks #296,507 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permiten vs permitía
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permiten": n. Private to "permitía": aí.
"permiten" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "permitía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permiten ← eprmiten · pemriten · perimten · permietn · permitenn · permitne · permitten · permmiten
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permiten" and "permitía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "permiten" or "permitía"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "permiten" and "permitía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permiten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,507 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permiten" and "permitía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitía 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 #296,507 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.