visitévsvisitoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,989
“visité” frequency rank
#26,274
“visito” frequency rank
50263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visité visito
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de visitar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de visitar.

Where the eye mixes visité and visito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
visité
6 ch
visito

Why the eye confuses visité with visito

A purely visual mix-up. visité ([bisiˈt̪e]) and visito ([biˈsit̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - é in “visité” becomes o in “visito”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visité is recorded at frequency rank #23,989, classified as averb, pronounced [bisiˈt̪e]. visito is at rank #26,274, tagged as averb, pronounced [biˈsit̪o].

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 50263, this pair ranks #104,171 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visité vs visito

Shared letters: istv. Private to "visité": é. Private to "visito": o.

"visité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "visito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitobisito · ivsito · vicito · viisto · visiot · visitto · vissito · vistio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "visité" for "visito" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bisiˈt̪e] versus [biˈsit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "visité" vs "visito" - which ranks higher?
"visité" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,989 in our Spanish list, against #26,274 for "visito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "visité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,171 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visité" and "visito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vasito vs visito". 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 #104,171 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