Which to use
“permitía” is a verb and “permitidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,292
- “permitía” frequency rank
- #27,717
- “permitidas” frequency rank
- 36009
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitía | permitidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. | Forma del femenino plural de permitido, participio de permitir. |
Where the eye mixes permitía and permitidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. permitía runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against permitidas's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: permitía vs permitidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: permitía is [peɾmiˈt̪ia] while permitidas is [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 36009, 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]. permitidas is at rank #27,717, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as].
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 36009, this pair ranks #182,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permitía vs permitidas
Shared letters: aeimprt. Private to "permitía": í. Private to "permitidas": ds.
"permitía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "permitidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitidas ← eprmitidas · pemritidas · perimtidas · permiitdas · permitdias · permitiads · permitidass · permitiddas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permitía" and "permitidas" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "permitía" or "permitidas"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "permitía" and "permitidas" 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 "permitidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitía" and "permitidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "percibidas vs permitidas". 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 #182,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.