Which to use
“visiten” and “visites” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,492
- “visiten” frequency rank
- #42,757
- “visites” frequency rank
- 68249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visiten | visites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de visitar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de visitar. |
Where the eye mixes visiten and visites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses visiten with visites
A purely visual mix-up. visiten ([biˈsit̪ẽn]) 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 differ by a single letter - n in “visiten” becomes s in “visites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visiten is recorded at frequency rank #25,492, classified as averb, pronounced [biˈsit̪ẽn]. 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 68249, this pair ranks #35,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of visiten vs visites
Shared letters: eistv. Private to "visiten": n. Private to "visites": -.
"visiten" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "visites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visiten" and "visites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "visiten" or "visites" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "visiten" 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 #35,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visiten" 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 #35,005 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.