Which to use
“adept” is an adjective and “admit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,747
- “adept” frequency rank
- #2,567
- “admit” frequency rank
- 21314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adept | admit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration |
Where the eye mixes adept and admit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: adept vs admit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adept is /əˈdɛpt/ while admit is /ədˈmɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adept is recorded at frequency rank #18,747, classified as anadj, pronounced /əˈdɛpt/. admit is at rank #2,567, tagged as averb, pronounced /ədˈmɪt/.
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 21314, this pair ranks #424,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adept vs admit
Shared letters: adt. Private to "adept": ep. Private to "admit": im.
"adept" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "admit" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adept" and "admit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "adept" or "admit" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "adept" and "admit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adept" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,798 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adept" and "admit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adept vs appt". 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 #424,798 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.