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“permitida” and “permitidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,762
“permitida” frequency rank
#27,717
“permitidas” frequency rank
48479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitida permitidas
Definition Forma del femenino de permitido, participio de permitir. Forma del femenino plural de permitido, participio de permitir.

Where the eye mixes permitida and permitidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
permitida
10 ch
permitidas

Why the eye confuses permitida with permitidas

A purely visual mix-up. permitida ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a]) and permitidas ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “permitida” sits inside “permitidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitida is recorded at frequency rank #20,762, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a]. 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 48479, this pair ranks #114,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitida vs permitidas

Shared letters: adeimprt. Private to "permitida": -. Private to "permitidas": s.

"permitida" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "permitidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitidaeprmitida · pemritida · perimtida · permiitda · permitdia · permitiad · permitidda · permittida
  • permitidaseprmitidas · pemritidas · perimtidas · permiitdas · permitdias · permitiads · permitidass · permitiddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "permitida" for "permitidas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a] versus [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "permitida" vs "permitidas" - which ranks higher?
"permitida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,762 in our Spanish list, against #27,717 for "permitidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "permitida" and "permitidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitida" 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 #114,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitida" 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 #114,264 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list