Which to use
“admirar” and “admitir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,831
- “admirar” frequency rank
- #4,474
- “admitir” frequency rank
- 18305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirar | admitir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mirar con encanto. | Autorizar a personas, animales o cosas en un lugar o ámbito dado. |
Where the eye mixes admirar and admitir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admirar and admitir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses admirar with admitir
A purely visual mix-up. admirar ([að̞miˈɾaɾ]) and admitir ([að̞miˈt̪iɾ]) 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 18305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirar is recorded at frequency rank #13,831, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈɾaɾ]. admitir is at rank #4,474, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪iɾ].
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 18305, this pair ranks #268,465 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of admirar vs admitir
Shared letters: adimr. Private to "admirar": -. Private to "admitir": t.
"admirar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "admitir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admirar" and "admitir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "admirar" or "admitir"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admitir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,465 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirar" and "admitir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirar vs almíbar". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #268,465 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.