visitesvsvistasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: visites is a verb, vistas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“visites” is a verb and “vistas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,757
“visites” frequency rank
#4,960
“vistas” frequency rank
47717
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visites vistas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de visitar. Concurrencia de dos o más sujetos que se ven para fin determinado.

Where the eye mixes visites and vistas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. visites runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against vistas's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
visites
6 ch
vistas

Why the eye confuses visites with vistas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visites is [biˈsit̪es] while vistas is [ˈbist̪as]. 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 47717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visites is recorded at frequency rank #42,757, classified as averb, pronounced [biˈsit̪es]. vistas is at rank #4,960, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbist̪as].

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 47717, this pair ranks #118,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of visites vs vistas

Shared letters: istv. Private to "visites": e. Private to "vistas": a.

"visites" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "vistas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visites ← bisites · ivsites · vicites · viistes · visiets · visitess · visitse · visittes
  • vistas ← bistas · ivstas · visats · visstas · vistass · vistsa · visttas · vitsas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "visites" and "vistas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visites" is a verb and "vistas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "visites" or "vistas"?
"vistas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,960 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 "visites" and "vistas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vistas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,521 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visites" and "vistas" 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 #118,521 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