visitavsvisitéWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,049
“visita” frequency rank
#23,989
“visité” frequency rank
25038
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visita visité
Definition Acción y efecto de acudir a un sitio. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de visitar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set visita and visité apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
visita
6 ch
visité

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visita is [biˈsit̪a] while visité is [bisiˈt̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “visita” becomes é in “visité”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25038, 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]. 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 25038, this pair ranks #238,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visita vs visité

Shared letters: istv. Private to "visita": a. Private to "visité": é.

"visita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "visité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitabisita · ivsita · vicita · viista · visiat · visitta · vissita · vistia

Frequency comparison

visita#1,049
visité#23,989

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visita" and "visité" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visita" is a noun and "visité" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visita" or "visité"?
"visita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,049 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.

Remembering visita vs visité

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “visita”; for a verb, it's “visité”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “visita” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list