visiónvsvisitéWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,432
“visión” frequency rank
#23,989
“visité” frequency rank
25421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visión visité
Definition Acción y efecto de percibir algo con los ojos a través de la luz que, reflejada en los objetos, impacta en ellos. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de visitar.

Where the eye mixes visión and visité

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
visión
6 ch
visité

Why the eye confuses visión with visité

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visión is [biˈsjõn] while visité is [bisiˈt̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visión is recorded at frequency rank #1,432, classified as anoun, pronounced [biˈsjõn]. 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 25421, this pair ranks #236,519 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visión vs visité

Shared letters: isv. Private to "visión": . Private to "visité": .

"visión" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "visité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visión" and "visité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visión" is a noun and "visité" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "visión" or "visité" show up more?
"visión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,432 in our Spanish list, against #23,989 for "visité". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "visión" 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 #236,519 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visión" and "visité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venite vs visité". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #236,519 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