admitted

/ədˈmɪtɪd/

//ədˈmɪtɪd// verb

"admitted" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“admitted” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,038 in English word frequency and used as a verb.

#3,038
frequency rank, English
8
letters
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - simple past and past participle of admit

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

admitted vs admittedly
80% similar
admitted vs admired
75% similar
admitted vs addicted
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for admitted
PropertyValue
Headwordadmitted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ədˈmɪtɪd/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,038
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “admitted” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). admitted lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for admitted is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ədˈmɪtɪd/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,038 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "simple past and past participle of admit".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for admitted, with forms such as "addmitted", "adimtted", and "admited". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "admittedly", "admired", "addicted", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is admitted, spelled A-D-M-I-T-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of admit

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addmitted,adimtted,admited,admitetd,admittde,admittedd,admmitted,admtited,amditted,damitted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of admitted - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

addmitted1adimtted2admited1admitetd2admittde2admittedd1admmitted1admtited2
Edit distance from "admitted"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "admitted"?
"admitted" is spelled A-D-M-I-T-T-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ədˈmɪtɪd/.
What does "admitted" mean?
As a verb, "admitted" means: simple past and past participle of admit
What words are commonly confused with "admitted"?
"admitted" is commonly confused with "admittedly", "admired", "addicted". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "admitted"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admitted" is /ədˈmɪtɪd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admitted" come from?
"admitted" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “admitted”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-D-M-I-T-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ədˈmɪtɪd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “admittedly” - see the side-by-side comparison. admitted vs admittedly
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list