admitanvsadmitirWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,706
“admitan” frequency rank
#4,474
“admitir” frequency rank
50180
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admitan admitir
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de admitir. Autorizar a personas, animales o cosas en un lugar o ámbito dado.

Where the eye mixes admitan and admitir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admitan and admitir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
admitan
7 ch
admitir

Visual trap between admitan and admitir

A purely visual mix-up. admitan ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn]) and admitir ([að̞miˈt̪iɾ]) 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 50180, 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]. admitir is at rank #4,474, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪iɾ].

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 50180, this pair ranks #104,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of admitan vs admitir

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitan": n. Private to "admitir": r.

"admitan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "admitir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admitan ← addmitan · adimtan · admiatn · admitann · admitna · admittan · admmitan · admtian
  • admitir ← addmitir · adimtir · admiitr · admitirr · admitri · admittir · admmitir · admtiir

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admitan" and "admitir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn] versus [að̞miˈt̪iɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admitan" or "admitir"?
"admitir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,474 in our Spanish list, against #45,706 for "admitan". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "admitir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,641 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admitan" and "admitir" 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 #104,641 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