admitavsadmitanConfusable pair

Which to use

“admita” and “admitan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,472
“admita” frequency rank
#45,706
“admitan” frequency rank
78178
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admita admitan
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de admitir. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de admitir.

Where the eye mixes admita and admitan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admita runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admitan's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
admita
7 ch
admitan

Visual trap between admita and admitan

A purely visual mix-up. admita ([að̞ˈmit̪a]) and admitan ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “admita” sits inside “admitan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admita is recorded at frequency rank #32,472, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪a]. admitan is at rank #45,706, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪ãn].

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 78178, this pair ranks #14,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admita vs admitan

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admita": -. Private to "admitan": n.

"admita" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "admitan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admita ← addmita · adimta · admiat · admitta · admmita · admtia · amdita · damita
  • admitan ← addmitan · adimtan · admiatn · admitann · admitna · admittan · admmitan · admtian

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "admita" and "admitan" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmit̪a] versus [að̞ˈmit̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "admita" vs "admitan" - which ranks higher?
"admita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,472 in our Spanish list, against #45,706 for "admitan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "admita" and "admitan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "admitan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admita" and "admitan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitan vs agitan". 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 #14,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list