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“permitidas” and “permitidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,717
- “permitidas” frequency rank
- #18,930
- “permitidos” frequency rank
- 46647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitidas | permitidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de permitido, participio de permitir. | Forma del plural de permitido, participio de permitir. |
Where the eye mixes permitidas and permitidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. permitidas and permitidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: permitidas vs permitidos
A purely visual mix-up. permitidas ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “permitidas” becomes o in “permitidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitidas is recorded at frequency rank #27,717, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞as]. 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 46647, this pair ranks #124,562 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permitidas vs permitidos
Shared letters: deimprst. Private to "permitidas": a. Private to "permitidos": o.
"permitidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "permitidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitidas ← eprmitidas · pemritidas · perimtidas · permiitdas · permitdias · permitiads · permitidass · permitiddas
- permitidos ← eprmitidos · pemritidos · perimtidos · permiitdos · permitdios · permitiddos · permitidoss · permitidso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permitidas" and "permitidos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "permitidas" or "permitidos"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitidas" 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 #124,562 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitidas" and "permitidos" 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 #124,562 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.