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

#22,453
“permitimos” frequency rank
#3,729
“permitió” frequency rank
26182
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitimos permitió
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitimos and permitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. permitimos runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against permitió's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
permitimos
8 ch
permitió

Look-alike desk: permitimos vs permitió

A purely visual mix-up. permitimos ([peɾmiˈt̪imos]) and permitió ([peɾmiˈt̪jo]) 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 26182, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitimos is recorded at frequency rank #22,453, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪imos]. permitió is at rank #3,729, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪jo].

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 26182, this pair ranks #232,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitimos vs permitió

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitimos": os. Private to "permitió": ó.

"permitimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "permitió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitimos ← eprmitimos · pemritimos · perimtimos · permiitmos · permitimmos · permitimoss · permitimso · permitioms

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "permitimos" and "permitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪imos] versus [peɾmiˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitimos" or "permitió" show up more?
"permitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,729 in our Spanish list, against #22,453 for "permitimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,909 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitimos" and "permitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitamos vs permitimos". 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 #232,909 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