Which to use
“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.
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?
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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.