Which to use
“adhesión” and “admisión” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,156
- “adhesión” frequency rank
- #8,462
- “admisión” frequency rank
- 19618
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adhesión | admisión |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de adherir o adherirse; unión física entre cosas, proceso y resultado de pegarse dos o más elementos. | Acción o efecto de admitir (aceptar, recibir, permitir). |
Where the eye mixes adhesión and admisión
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adhesión and admisión follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between adhesión and admisión
A purely visual mix-up. adhesión ([að̞eˈsjõn]) and admisión ([að̞miˈsjõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adhesión is recorded at frequency rank #11,156, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞eˈsjõn]. admisión is at rank #8,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞miˈsjõn].
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 19618, this pair ranks #262,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adhesión vs admisión
Shared letters: adinsó. Private to "adhesión": eh. Private to "admisión": m.
"adhesión" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "admisión" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adhesión" and "admisión" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adhesión" or "admisión" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adhesión" and "admisión" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adhesión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admisión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #262,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adhesión" and "admisión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admisión vs admisiones". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #262,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.