Which to use
“admisión” is a noun and “admitió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,462
- “admisión” frequency rank
- #10,603
- “admitió” frequency rank
- 19065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admisión | admitió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de admitir (aceptar, recibir, permitir). | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de admitir. |
Where the eye mixes admisión and admitió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admisión runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against admitió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between admisión and admitió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admisión is [að̞miˈsjõn] while admitió is [að̞miˈt̪jo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admisión is recorded at frequency rank #8,462, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞miˈsjõn]. admitió is at rank #10,603, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪jo].
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 19065, this pair ranks #265,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of admisión vs admitió
Shared letters: adimó. Private to "admisión": ns. Private to "admitió": t.
"admisión" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "admitió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admisión" and "admitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "admisión" or "admitió"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "admisión" and "admitió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admisión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admisión" and "admitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admisión vs admisiones". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #265,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.