Which to use
“visitan” and “visites” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,282
- “visitan” frequency rank
- #42,757
- “visites” frequency rank
- 55039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visitan | visites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de visitar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de visitar. |
Where the eye mixes visitan and visites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. visitan and visites follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between visitan and visites
A purely visual mix-up. visitan ([biˈsit̪ãn]) and visites ([biˈsit̪es]) 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 55039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visitan is recorded at frequency rank #12,282, classified as averb, pronounced [biˈsit̪ãn]. 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 55039, this pair ranks #80,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visitan vs visites
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visitan": an. Private to "visites": e.
"visitan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "visites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visitan" and "visites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "visitan" or "visites"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "visitan" and "visites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "visitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visitan" and "visites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visites vs vistes". 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 #80,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.