admittance
/ədˈmɪt.n̩s/
"admittance" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“admittance” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #36,849 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #36,849
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of admitting.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | admittance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “admittance” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for admittance is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,849 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for admittance, with forms such as "addmittance", "adimttance", and "admitance". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887. The correct English form is admittance, spelled A-D-M-I-T-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1The act of admitting.
- 2Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
- 3Actual entrance, reception.
- 4The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
- 5The reciprocal of impedance.
Etymology
From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addmittance,adimttance,admitance,admitatnce,admittacne,admittancce,admittanec,admittannce,admittence,admittnace,admmittance,admtitance,amdittance,damittance
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of admittance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “admittance”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-M-I-T-T-A-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.