admitanvsadmitíaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#45,706
“admitan” frequency rank
#45,104
“admitía” frequency rank
90810
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes admitan and admitía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admitan (VCCVCVC) and admitía (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
admitan
7 ch
admitía

Look-alike desk: admitan vs admitía

A purely visual mix-up. admitan ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn]) and admitía ([að̞miˈt̪ia]) 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 90810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admitan is recorded at frequency rank #45,706, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪ãn]. admitía is at rank #45,104, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪ia].

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 90810, this pair ranks #2,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admitan vs admitía

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitan": n. Private to "admitía": í.

"admitan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "admitía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admitan ← addmitan · adimtan · admiatn · admitann · admitna · admittan · admmitan · admtian

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admitan" and "admitía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn] versus [að̞miˈt̪ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admitan" or "admitía"?
"admitía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,104 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admitan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "admitía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,311 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admitan" and "admitía" 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 #2,311 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