Which to use
“admiten” and “admitía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,266
- “admiten” frequency rank
- #45,104
- “admitía” frequency rank
- 59370
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admiten | admitía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 admiten and admitía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admiten (VCCVCVC) and admitía (VCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: admiten vs admitía
A purely visual mix-up. admiten ([að̞ˈmit̪ẽn]) 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 59370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admiten is recorded at frequency rank #14,266, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪ẽn]. 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 59370, this pair ranks #62,855 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admiten vs admitía
Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admiten": en. Private to "admitía": í.
"admiten" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "admitía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- admiten ← addmiten · adimten · admietn · admitenn · admitne · admitten · admmiten · admtien
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admiten" for "admitía" ever safe?
Frequency check: "admiten" vs "admitía" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "admiten" 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 #62,855 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admiten" 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 #62,855 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.