Which to use
“permitía” and “permitido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,292
- “permitía” frequency rank
- #3,506
- “permitido” frequency rank
- 11798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitía | permitido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. | Participio de permitir. |
Where the eye mixes permitía and permitido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. permitía runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against permitido's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between permitía and permitido
A purely visual mix-up. permitía ([peɾmiˈt̪ia]) and permitido ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11798, 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]. permitido is at rank #3,506, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o].
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 11798, this pair ranks #293,833 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permitía vs permitido
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitía": aí. Private to "permitido": do.
"permitía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "permitido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitido ← eprmitido · pemritido · perimtido · permiitdo · permitdio · permitiddo · permitiod · permittido
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permitía" and "permitido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "permitía" or "permitido"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,833 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitía" and "permitido" 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 #293,833 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.