admitavsadmitenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#32,472
“admita” frequency rank
#14,266
“admiten” frequency rank
46738
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admita admiten
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 indicativo de admitir.

Where the eye mixes admita and admiten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admita runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admiten's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
admita
7 ch
admiten

Visual trap between admita and admiten

A purely visual mix-up. admita ([að̞ˈmit̪a]) and admiten ([að̞ˈmit̪ẽn]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46738, 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]. admiten is at rank #14,266, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪ẽn].

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 46738, this pair ranks #124,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of admita vs admiten

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admita": -. Private to "admiten": en.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admita ← addmita · adimta · admiat · admitta · admmita · admtia · amdita · damita
  • admiten ← addmiten · adimten · admietn · admitenn · admitne · admitten · admmiten · admtien

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admita" and "admiten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmit̪a] versus [að̞ˈmit̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admita" or "admiten"?
"admiten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,266 in our Spanish list, against #32,472 for "admita". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "admiten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,055 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admita" and "admiten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admita vs amina". 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 #124,055 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