viertevsvisitéWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vierte is a num, visité is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vierte” is a num and “visité” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,197
“vierte” frequency rank
#23,989
“visité” frequency rank
52186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vierte visité
Definition Cuarto (4.º). Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de visitar.

Where the eye mixes vierte and visité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
vierte
6 ch
visité

Why the eye confuses vierte with visité

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vierte is [ˈfiːə̯ʁ.tə] while visité is [bisiˈt̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (num vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vierte is recorded at frequency rank #28,197, classified as anum, pronounced [ˈfiːə̯ʁ.tə]. visité is at rank #23,989, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪e].

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 52186, this pair ranks #93,967 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vierte vs visité

Shared letters: itv. Private to "vierte": er. Private to "visité": .

"vierte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "visité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viertebierte · iverte · veirte · vieret · vierrte · viertte · vietre · virete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vierte" for "visité" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vierte" is a num and "visité" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vierte" or "visité"?
"visité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,989 in our Spanish list, against #28,197 for "vierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,967 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vierte" and "visité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vierte vs vierten". 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 #93,967 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