Which to use
“permitido” and “permitió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,506
- “permitido” frequency rank
- #3,729
- “permitió” frequency rank
- 7235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitido | permitió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de permitir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitido and permitió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: permitido vs permitió
A purely visual mix-up. permitido ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]) and permitió ([peɾmiˈt̪jo]) 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 7235, 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]. permitió is at rank #3,729, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪jo].
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 7235, this pair ranks #308,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permitido vs permitió
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitido": do. Private to "permitió": ó.
"permitido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "permitió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitido ← eprmitido · pemritido · perimtido · permiitdo · permitdio · permitiddo · permitiod · permittido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "permitido" and "permitió" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "permitido" or "permitió"?
What to do next
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 "permitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitido" and "permitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitió 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 #308,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.