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Which to use

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

#1,049
“visita” frequency rank
#2,853
“visitas” frequency rank
3902
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visita visitas
Definition Acción y efecto de acudir a un sitio. Forma del plural de visita.

Where the eye mixes visita and visitas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
visita
7 ch
visitas

Visual trap between visita and visitas

A purely visual mix-up. visita ([biˈsit̪a]) and visitas ([biˈsit̪as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “visita” sits inside “visitas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visita is recorded at frequency rank #1,049, classified as anoun, pronounced [biˈsit̪a]. visitas is at rank #2,853, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biˈsit̪as].

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 3902, this pair ranks #317,318 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of visita vs visitas

Shared letters: aistv. Private to "visita": -. Private to "visitas": -.

"visita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "visitas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitabisita · ivsita · vicita · viista · visiat · visitta · vissita · vistia
  • visitasbisitas · ivsitas · vicitas · viistas · visiats · visitass · visitsa · visittas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visita" for "visitas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([biˈsit̪a] versus [biˈsit̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "visita" or "visitas"?
"visita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,049 in our Spanish list, against #2,853 for "visitas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "visita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visitas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #317,318 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visita" and "visitas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veritas vs visitas". 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 #317,318 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