permitirvspermitiréConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,411
“permitir” frequency rank
#43,772
“permitiré” frequency rank
46183
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitir permitiré
Definition Dar su consentimiento quien tenga autoridad competente, para que otros hagan de dejen de hacer algo. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitir and permitiré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permitir runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against permitiré's 9 (CVCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
permitir
9 ch
permitiré

Look-alike desk: permitir vs permitiré

A purely visual mix-up. permitir ([peɾmiˈt̪iɾ]) and permitiré ([peɾmit̪iˈɾe]) 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 extra letter(s) - “permitir” sits inside “permitiré”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitir is recorded at frequency rank #2,411, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmiˈt̪iɾ]. permitiré is at rank #43,772, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾe].

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 46183, this pair ranks #127,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitir vs permitiré

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitir": -. Private to "permitiré": é.

"permitir" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "permitiré" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • permitir ← eprmitir · pemritir · perimtir · permiitr · permitirr · permitri · permittir · permmitir

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "permitir" and "permitiré" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmiˈt̪iɾ] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitir" or "permitiré" show up more?
"permitir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,411 in our Spanish list, against #43,772 for "permitiré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitiré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,201 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitir" and "permitiré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitiese 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 #127,201 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