Which to use
“permitía” is a verb and “permitida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,292
- “permitía” frequency rank
- #20,762
- “permitida” frequency rank
- 29054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitía | permitida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. | Forma del femenino de permitido, participio de permitir. |
Where the eye mixes permitía and permitida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between permitía and permitida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: permitía is [peɾmiˈt̪ia] while permitida is [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitía is recorded at frequency rank #8,292, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ia]. permitida is at rank #20,762, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a].
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 29054, this pair ranks #218,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permitía vs permitida
Shared letters: aeimprt. Private to "permitía": í. Private to "permitida": d.
"permitía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "permitida" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitida ← eprmitida · pemritida · perimtida · permiitda · permitdia · permitiad · permitidda · permittida
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permitía" and "permitida" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "permitía" or "permitida"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "permitía" and "permitida" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitía" and "permitida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitida 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 #218,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.