Which to use
“visión” is a noun and “vistió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,432
- “visión” frequency rank
- #24,346
- “vistió” frequency rank
- 25778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visión | vistió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de percibir algo con los ojos a través de la luz que, reflejada en los objetos, impacta en ellos. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vestir. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visión and vistió apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visión is [biˈsjõn] while vistió is [bisˈt̪jo]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25778, 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]. vistió is at rank #24,346, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisˈt̪jo].
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 25778, this pair ranks #234,851 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visión vs vistió
Shared letters: isvó. Private to "visión": n. Private to "vistió": t.
"visión" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "vistió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV