Which to use
“permitido” and “permito” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,506
- “permitido” frequency rank
- #18,931
- “permito” frequency rank
- 22437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitido | permito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de permitir. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitido and permito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. permitido runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against permito's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between permitido and permito
A purely visual mix-up. permitido ([peɾmiˈt̪ið̞o]) and permito ([peɾˈmit̪o]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22437, 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]. permito is at rank #18,931, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪o].
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 22437, this pair ranks #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permitido vs permito
Shared letters: eimoprt. Private to "permitido": d. Private to "permito": -.
"permitido" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "permito" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "permitido" and "permito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitido" or "permito" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "permitido" and "permito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitido" and "permito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permito vs permuta". 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 #250,340 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.