permitióvspermitoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,729
“permitió” frequency rank
#18,931
“permito” frequency rank
22660
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes permitió and permito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
permitió
7 ch
permito

Look-alike desk: permitió vs permito

A purely visual mix-up. permitió ([peɾmiˈt̪jo]) and permito ([peɾˈmit̪o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22660, 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]. permito is at rank #18,931, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾˈmit̪o].

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 22660, this pair ranks #249,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of permitió vs permito

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitió": ó. Private to "permito": o.

"permitió" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "permito" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitoeprmito · pemrito · perimto · permiot · permitto · permmito · permtio · perrmito

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "permitió" for "permito" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪jo] versus [peɾˈmit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitió" or "permito" show up more?
"permitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,729 in our Spanish list, against #18,931 for "permito". 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 "permitió" and "permito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #249,314 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitió" and "permito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permito vs permuta". 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 #249,314 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