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

#6,097
“permitirá” frequency rank
#43,772
“permitiré” frequency rank
49869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitirá permitiré
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitirá and permitiré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
permitirá
9 ch
permitiré

Visual trap between permitirá and permitiré

A purely visual mix-up. permitirá ([peɾmit̪iˈɾa]) 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 a single letter - á in “permitirá” becomes é in “permitiré”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

permitirá is recorded at frequency rank #6,097, classified as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾa]. 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 49869, this pair ranks #106,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of permitirá vs permitiré

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitirá": á. Private to "permitiré": é.

"permitirá" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "permitiré" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "permitirá" and "permitiré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmit̪iˈɾa] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "permitirá" or "permitiré" show up more?
"permitirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,097 in our Spanish list, against #43,772 for "permitiré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitirá" 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 #106,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitirá" and "permitiré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitiese vs permitiré". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #106,405 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