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Which to use

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

#32,472
“admita” frequency rank
#10,603
“admitió” frequency rank
43075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admita admitió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de admitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de admitir.

Where the eye mixes admita and admitió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
admita
7 ch
admitió

Why the eye confuses admita with admitió

A purely visual mix-up. admita ([að̞ˈmit̪a]) and admitió ([að̞miˈt̪jo]) 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 43075, 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]. 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 43075, this pair ranks #144,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of admita vs admitió

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admita": -. Private to "admitió": ó.

"admita" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "admitió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admitaaddmita · adimta · admiat · admitta · admmita · admtia · amdita · damita

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admita" and "admitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmit̪a] versus [að̞miˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admita" or "admitió"?
"admitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,603 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "admita" and "admitió" 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 "admitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,666 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admita" and "admitió" 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 #144,666 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