Which to use
“permitido” and “permitirá” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,506
- “permitido” frequency rank
- #6,097
- “permitirá” frequency rank
- 9603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitido | permitirá |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de permitir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitido and permitirá
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. permitido and permitirá follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between permitido and permitirá
A purely visual mix-up. permitido ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]) and permitirá ([peɾmit̪iˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9603, 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]. permitirá is at rank #6,097, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾa].
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 9603, this pair ranks #301,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permitido vs permitirá
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitido": do. Private to "permitirá": á.
"permitido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "permitirá" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitido ← eprmitido · pemritido · perimtido · permiitdo · permitdio · permitiddo · permitiod · permittido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permitido" for "permitirá" ever safe?
Which is more common, "permitido" or "permitirá"?
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 "permitirá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitido" and "permitirá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitirá 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 #301,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.