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

#3,506
“permitido” frequency rank
#22,453
“permitimos” frequency rank
25959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitido permitimos
Definition Participio de permitir. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitido and permitimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permitido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against permitimos's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
permitido
10 ch
permitimos

Look-alike desk: permitido vs permitimos

A purely visual mix-up. permitido ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]) and permitimos ([peɾmiˈt̪imos]) 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 25959, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitido is recorded at frequency rank #3,506, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]. permitimos is at rank #22,453, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪imos].

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 25959, this pair ranks #233,999 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitido vs permitimos

Shared letters: eimoprt. Private to "permitido": d. Private to "permitimos": s.

"permitido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "permitimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitido ← eprmitido · pemritido · perimtido · permiitdo · permitdio · permitiddo · permitiod · permittido
  • permitimos ← eprmitimos · pemritimos · perimtimos · permiitmos · permitimmos · permitimoss · permitimso · permitioms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "permitido" and "permitimos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o] versus [peɾmiˈt̪imos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "permitido" or "permitimos"?
"permitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,506 in our Spanish list, against #22,453 for "permitimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "permitido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,999 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitido" and "permitimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitamos vs permitimos". 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 #233,999 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