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

#20,762
“permitida” frequency rank
#18,930
“permitidos” frequency rank
39692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes permitida and permitidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
permitida
10 ch
permitidos

Visual trap between permitida and permitidos

A purely visual mix-up. permitida ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a]) and permitidos ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os]) 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 39692, 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]. permitidos is at rank #18,930, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os].

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 39692, this pair ranks #163,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitida vs permitidos

Shared letters: deimprt. Private to "permitida": a. Private to "permitidos": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitidaeprmitida · pemritida · perimtida · permiitda · permitdia · permitiad · permitidda · permittida
  • permitidoseprmitidos · pemritidos · perimtidos · permiitdos · permitdios · permitiddos · permitidoss · permitidso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "permitida" and "permitidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞a] versus [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "permitida" or "permitidos"?
"permitidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,930 in our Spanish list, against #20,762 for "permitida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #163,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitida" and "permitidos" 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 #163,154 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