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“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.

9 ch
permitido
9 ch
permitirá

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?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "permitido" or "permitirá"?
"permitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,506 in our Spanish list, against #6,097 for "permitirá". 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 "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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list