permitimosvspermitiremosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#22,453
“permitimos” frequency rank
#34,717
“permitiremos” frequency rank
57170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitimos permitiremos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitimos and permitiremos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. permitimos runs 10 letters (CVCCVCVCVC) against permitiremos's 12 (CVCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
permitimos
12 ch
permitiremos

Visual trap between permitimos and permitiremos

A purely visual mix-up. permitimos ([peɾmiˈt̪imos]) and permitiremos ([peɾmit̪iˈɾemos]) 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 57170, 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]. permitiremos is at rank #34,717, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾemos].

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 57170, this pair ranks #71,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of permitimos vs permitiremos

Shared letters: eimoprst. Private to "permitimos": -. Private to "permitiremos": -.

"permitimos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "permitiremos" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitimos ← eprmitimos · pemritimos · perimtimos · permiitmos · permitimmos · permitimoss · permitimso · permitioms
  • permitiremos ← eprmitiremos · pemritiremos · perimtiremos · permiitremos · permitiermos · permitiremmos · permitiremoss · permitiremso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "permitimos" and "permitiremos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪imos] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitimos" or "permitiremos" show up more?
"permitimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,453 in our Spanish list, against #34,717 for "permitiremos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "permitimos" and "permitiremos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitiremos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitimos" and "permitiremos" 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 #71,559 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