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

#22,232
“visitaba” frequency rank
#8,602
“visitado” frequency rank
30834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visitaba visitado
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de visitar. Participio de visitar.

Where the eye mixes visitaba and visitado

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

8 ch
visitaba
8 ch
visitado

Why the eye confuses visitaba with visitado

A purely visual mix-up. visitaba ([bisiˈt̪aβ̞a]) and visitado ([bisiˈt̪að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visitaba is recorded at frequency rank #22,232, classified as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪aβ̞a]. visitado is at rank #8,602, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞o].

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 30834, this pair ranks #210,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visitaba vs visitado

Shared letters: aistv. Private to "visitaba": b. Private to "visitado": do.

"visitaba" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "visitado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitababisitaba · ivsitaba · vicitaba · viistaba · visiatba · visitaab · visitabba · visitava
  • visitadobisitado · ivsitado · vicitado · viistado · visiatdo · visitaddo · visitaod · visitdao

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visitaba" for "visitado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bisiˈt̪aβ̞a] versus [bisiˈt̪að̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "visitaba" or "visitado"?
"visitado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,602 in our Spanish list, against #22,232 for "visitaba". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "visitaba" and "visitado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visitaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,087 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visitaba" and "visitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vigilaba vs visitaba". 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 #210,087 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