Which to use
“admite” and “admitía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,254
- “admite” frequency rank
- #45,104
- “admitía” frequency rank
- 51358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admite | admitía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admitir. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de admitir. |
Where the eye mixes admite and admitía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admite runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admitía's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between admite and admitía
A purely visual mix-up. admite ([að̞ˈmit̪e]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admite is recorded at frequency rank #6,254, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪e]. 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 51358, this pair ranks #98,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admite vs admitía
Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admite": e. Private to "admitía": í.
"admite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "admitía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- admite ← addmite · adimte · admiet · admitte · admmite · admtie · amdite · damite
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admite" for "admitía" ever safe?
Frequency check: "admite" vs "admitía" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "admite" and "admitía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admite" 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 #98,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admite" and "admitía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitan vs admitía". 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 #98,285 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.