visitavsvisitesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,049
“visita” frequency rank
#42,757
“visites” frequency rank
43806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visita visites
Definition Acción y efecto de acudir a un sitio. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de visitar.

Where the spellings diverge

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

6 ch
visita
7 ch
visites

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visita is [biˈsit̪a] while visites is [biˈsit̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43806, 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]. visites is at rank #42,757, tagged as averb, pronounced [biˈsit̪es].

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 43806, this pair ranks #140,577 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visita vs visites

Shared letters: istv. Private to "visita": a. Private to "visites": e.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitabisita · ivsita · vicita · viista · visiat · visitta · vissita · vistia
  • visitesbisites · ivsites · vicites · viistes · visiets · visitess · visitse · visittes

Frequency comparison

visita#1,049
visites#42,757

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visita" and "visites" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visita" is a noun and "visites" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visita" or "visites"?
"visita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,049 in our Spanish list, against #42,757 for "visites". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering visita vs visites

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 “visites”.
  • 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