Which to use
“vista” is a noun and “vistió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #544
- “vista” frequency rank
- #24,346
- “vistió” frequency rank
- 24890
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vista | vistió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sentido con el que se perciben los colores, formas y movimientos mediante la luz. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vestir. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vista and vistió apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vista is [ˈbist̪a] while vistió is [bisˈt̪jo]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vista is recorded at frequency rank #544, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbist̪a]. vistió is at rank #24,346, tagged as averb, pronounced [bisˈt̪jo].
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 24890, this pair ranks #239,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vista vs vistió
Shared letters: istv. Private to "vista": a. Private to "vistió": ó.
"vista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "vistió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vista ← bista · ivsta · visat · vissta · vistta · vitsa · vsita · vvista