visitadavsvisitarTell them apart

Quick tell: visitada is a participle, visitar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visitada” is a participle and “visitar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,371
“visitada” frequency rank
#2,587
“visitar” frequency rank
35958
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visitada visitar
Definition Forma del femenino de visitado, participio de visitar. Ir a ver a uno en su casa por cortesanía, atención, amistad o cualquier otro motivo.

Where the eye mixes visitada and visitar

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

8 ch
visitada
7 ch
visitar

Look-alike desk: visitada vs visitar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visitada is [bisiˈt̪að̞a] while visitar is [bisiˈt̪aɾ]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visitada is recorded at frequency rank #33,371, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bisiˈt̪að̞a]. visitar is at rank #2,587, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪aɾ].

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 35958, this pair ranks #183,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visitada vs visitar

Shared letters: aistv. Private to "visitada": d. Private to "visitar": r.

"visitada" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "visitar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitadabisitada · ivsitada · vicitada · viistada · visiatda · visitaad · visitadda · visitdaa
  • visitarbisitar · ivsitar · vicitar · viistar · visiatr · visitarr · visitra · visittar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visitada" and "visitar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visitada" is a participle and "visitar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visitada" or "visitar"?
"visitar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,587 in our Spanish list, against #33,371 for "visitada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visitada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visitada" and "visitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visitada vs visitador". 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 #183,256 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