admitanvsadmitoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#45,706
“admitan” frequency rank
#9,930
“admito” frequency rank
55636
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes admitan and admito

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

7 ch
admitan
6 ch
admito

Visual trap between admitan and admito

A purely visual mix-up. admitan ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn]) and admito ([að̞ˈmit̪o]) 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 55636, 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]. admito is at rank #9,930, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪o].

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 55636, this pair ranks #78,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admitan vs admito

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitan": n. Private to "admito": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admitan ← addmitan · adimtan · admiatn · admitann · admitna · admittan · admmitan · admtian
  • admito ← addmito · adimto · admiot · admitto · admmito · admtio · amdito · damito

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "admitan" for "admito" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmit̪ãn] versus [að̞ˈmit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admitan" or "admito" show up more?
"admito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,930 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 "admito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admitan" and "admito" 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 #78,008 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