Which to use
“permitió” and “permitir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,729
- “permitió” frequency rank
- #2,411
- “permitir” frequency rank
- 6140
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | permitió | permitir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. | Dar su consentimiento quien tenga autoridad competente, para que otros hagan de dejen de hacer algo. |
Where the eye mixes permitió and permitir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between permitió and permitir
A purely visual mix-up. permitió ([peɾmiˈt̪jo]) and permitir ([peɾmiˈt̪iɾ]) 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 - ó in “permitió” becomes r in “permitir”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
permitió is recorded at frequency rank #3,729, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪jo]. permitir is at rank #2,411, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪iɾ].
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 6140, this pair ranks #311,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of permitió vs permitir
Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitió": ó. Private to "permitir": -.
"permitió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "permitir" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- permitir ← eprmitir · pemritir · perimtir · permiitr · permitirr · permitri · permittir · permmitir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "permitió" for "permitir" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitió" or "permitir" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "permitió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "permitir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "permitió" and "permitir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitió vs permitiré". 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 #311,637 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.