Which to use
“visité” and “visten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,989
- “visité” frequency rank
- #16,731
- “visten” frequency rank
- 40720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visité | visten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de visitar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de vestir. |
Where the eye mixes visité and visten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. visité (CVCVCV) and visten (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between visité and visten
A purely visual mix-up. visité ([bisiˈt̪e]) and visten ([ˈbist̪ẽn]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40720, 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]. visten is at rank #16,731, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbist̪ẽn].
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 40720, this pair ranks #157,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visité vs visten
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visité": é. Private to "visten": en.
"visité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "visten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visten ← bisten · ivsten · visetn · vissten · vistenn · vistne · vistten · vitsen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visité" and "visten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "visité" or "visten" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "visité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #157,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visité" and "visten" 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 #157,556 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.