Which to use
“visité” is a verb and “vista” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,989
- “visité” frequency rank
- #544
- “vista” frequency rank
- 24533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visité | vista |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de visitar. | Sentido con el que se perciben los colores, formas y movimientos mediante la luz. |
Where the eye mixes visité and vista
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visité runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against vista's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses visité with vista
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visité is [bisiˈt̪e] while vista is [ˈbist̪a]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24533, 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]. vista is at rank #544, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbist̪a].
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 24533, this pair ranks #240,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visité vs vista
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visité": é. Private to "vista": a.
"visité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vista ← bista · ivsta · visat · vissta · vistta · vitsa · vsita · vvista
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visité" for "vista" ever safe?
Frequency check: "visité" vs "vista" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "visité" and "vista" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "visité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vista" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visité" and "vista" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venite vs visité". 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 #240,718 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.