admisión

[að̞miˈsjõn]

/[að̞miˈsjõn]/ noun

The verdict

“admisión” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,462 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#8,462
frequency rank, Spanish
8
letters
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de admitir (aceptar, recibir, permitir).

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

admisión vs admitió
75% similar
admisión vs admisiones
70% similar
admisión vs adición
75% similar

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

Key facts for admisión
PropertyValue
Headwordadmisión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[að̞miˈsjõn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,462
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “admisión” sits in Spanish 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). admisión 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 Spanish entry for admisión is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞miˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,462 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for admisión, with forms such as "addmisión", "adimsión", and "admición". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "admitió", "admisiones", "adición", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is admisión, spelled A-D-M-I-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de admitir (aceptar, recibir, permitir).
  2. 2
    Permiso o coste para entrar o ingresar.
  3. 3
    Estudio de los aspectos formales para establecer si una demanda, evidencia o proceso deben ser tomados en consideración.
  4. 4
    Primero de los cuatro tiempos en un motor de explosión o combustión interna, en que la válvula deja entrar combustible.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addmisión,adimsión,admición,admiisón,admisinó,admisiónn,admissión,admisóin,admmisión,admsiión,amdisión,damisión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of admisión - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

addmisión1adimsión2admición1admiisón2admisinó2admisiónn1admissión1admisóin2
Edit distance from "admisión"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "admisión"?
"admisión" is spelled A-D-M-I-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞miˈsjõn].
What does "admisión" mean?
As a noun, "admisión" means: Acción o efecto de admitir (aceptar, recibir, permitir).
What words are commonly confused with "admisión"?
"admisión" is commonly confused with "admitió", "admisiones", "adición". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "admisión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admisión" is [að̞miˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admisión" come from?
"admisión" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “admisión”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-M-I-S-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [að̞miˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “admitió” - see the side-by-side comparison. admisión vs admitió
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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