Which to use
“permitía” and “permito” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,292
- “permitía” frequency rank
- #18,931
- “permito” frequency rank
- 27223
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitía | permito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitía and permito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. permitía runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against permito's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses permitía with permito
A purely visual mix-up. permitía ([peɾmiˈt̪ia]) and permito ([peɾˈmit̪o]) 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 27223, 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]. permito is at rank #18,931, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪o].
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 27223, this pair ranks #227,887 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permitía vs permito
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitía": aí. Private to "permito": o.
"permitía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "permito" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permito ← eprmito · pemrito · perimto · permiot · permitto · permmito · permtio · perrmito
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permitía" and "permito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "permitía" vs "permito" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "permitía" and "permito" 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 "permito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,887 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitía" and "permito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permito 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 #227,887 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.