permitidovspermitiréConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,506
“permitido” frequency rank
#43,772
“permitiré” frequency rank
47278
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitido permitiré
Definition Participio de permitir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitido and permitiré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
permitido
9 ch
permitiré

Look-alike desk: permitido vs permitiré

A purely visual mix-up. permitido ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]) and permitiré ([peɾmit̪iˈɾe]) 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 47278, 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]. permitiré is at rank #43,772, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾe].

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 47278, this pair ranks #120,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitido vs permitiré

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitido": do. Private to "permitiré": é.

"permitido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "permitiré" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitidoeprmitido · pemritido · perimtido · permiitdo · permitdio · permitiddo · permitiod · permittido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "permitido" and "permitiré" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitido" or "permitiré" show up more?
"permitido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,506 in our Spanish list, against #43,772 for "permitiré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitiré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,956 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitido" and "permitiré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitiese 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 #120,956 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