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“permitieran” and “permitieron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,273
- “permitieran” frequency rank
- #9,516
- “permitieron” frequency rank
- 42789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitieran | permitieron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de permitir o de permitirse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. |
Where the eye mixes permitieran and permitieron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. permitieran and permitieron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: permitieran vs permitieron
A purely visual mix-up. permitieran ([peɾmiˈt̪jeɾãn]) and permitieron ([peɾmiˈt̪jeɾõn]) 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 a single letter - a in “permitieran” becomes o in “permitieron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitieran is recorded at frequency rank #33,273, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪jeɾãn]. permitieron is at rank #9,516, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪jeɾõn].
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 42789, this pair ranks #146,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of permitieran vs permitieron
Shared letters: eimnprt. Private to "permitieran": a. Private to "permitieron": o.
"permitieran" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC · "permitieron" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitieran ← eprmitieran · pemritieran · perimtieran · permiiteran · permiteiran · permitiearn · permitierann · permitierna
- permitieron ← eprmitieron · pemritieron · perimtieron · permiiteron · permiteiron · permitieorn · permitierno · permitieronn
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "permitieran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitieron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitieran" and "permitieron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitieran vs permitirían". 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 #146,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.