# admit

> English word · Verb · IPA /ədˈmɪt/ · frequency rank #2,567

## Definitions
1. To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
2. To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
3. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
4. To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
5. To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission.
6. To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.

## Etymology
From Middle English admitten, amitten, borrowed from Old French admettre, amettre (“to admit”), from Latin admittō (“to allow entrance, inlet”, literally “to send to”), from ad- + mittere (“to send”).

## Easily confused with
- **AMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-ami)
- **amt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amt)
- **ait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-ait)
- **amid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amid)
- **amir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amir)
- **amin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amin)
- **amit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amit)
- **Amis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amis)
- **Ajit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-ajit)
- **adult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-adult)
- **adopt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-adopt)
- **audit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-audit)
- **await** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-await)
- **Armin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-armin)
- **amity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-amity)
- **Advil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-advil)
- **admits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-admits)
- **adrift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-adrift)
- **armpit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admit-vs-armpit)
- **adapt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-admit)

## Common misspellings (7)
`addmit`, `adimt`, `admitt`, `admmit`, `admti`, `amdit`, `damit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/admit