visitanvsvisitesWhat's the difference?

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“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.

7 ch
visitan
7 ch
visites

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

  • visitan ← bisitan · ivsitan · vicitan · viistan · visiatn · visitann · visitna · visittan
  • visites ← bisites · ivsites · vicites · viistes · visiets · visitess · visitse · visittes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visitan" and "visites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([biˈsit̪ãn] versus [biˈsit̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "visitan" or "visites"?
"visitan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,282 in our Spanish list, against #42,757 for "visites". 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 "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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list