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

#45,104
“admitía” frequency rank
#10,603
“admitió” frequency rank
55707
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admitía admitió
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de admitir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de admitir.

Where the eye mixes admitía and admitió

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

7 ch
admitía
7 ch
admitió

Why the eye confuses admitía with admitió

A purely visual mix-up. admitía ([að̞miˈt̪ia]) and admitió ([að̞miˈt̪jo]) 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 55707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admitía is recorded at frequency rank #45,104, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪ia]. admitió is at rank #10,603, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪jo].

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 55707, this pair ranks #77,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admitía vs admitió

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitía": í. Private to "admitió": ó.

"admitía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "admitió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "admitía" for "admitió" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞miˈt̪ia] versus [að̞miˈt̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admitía" or "admitió"?
"admitió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,603 in our Spanish list, against #45,104 for "admitía". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "admitía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "admitió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,720 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admitía" and "admitió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitan vs admitía". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #77,720 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