permitirávspermitiríaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#6,097
“permitirá” frequency rank
#9,872
“permitiría” frequency rank
15969
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature permitirá permitiría
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 condicional de permitir o de permitirse.

Where the eye mixes permitirá and permitiría

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. permitirá runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against permitiría's 10 (CVCCVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
permitirá
10 ch
permitiría

Visual trap between permitirá and permitiría

A purely visual mix-up. permitirá ([peɾmit̪iˈɾa]) and permitiría ([peɾmit̪iˈɾia]) 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 15969, 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]. permitiría is at rank #9,872, tagged as averb, pronounced [peɾmit̪iˈɾia].

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 15969, this pair ranks #278,041 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of permitirá vs permitiría

Shared letters: eimprt. Private to "permitirá": á. Private to "permitiría": aí.

"permitirá" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "permitiría" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "permitirá" and "permitiría" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([peɾmit̪iˈɾa] versus [peɾmit̪iˈɾia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "permitirá" or "permitiría"?
"permitirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,097 in our Spanish list, against #9,872 for "permitiría". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "permitirá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "permitiría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #278,041 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "permitirá" and "permitiría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "permitiré vs permitiría". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #278,041 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