Which to use
“admitía” and “admitir” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,104
- “admitía” frequency rank
- #4,474
- “admitir” frequency rank
- 49578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admitía | admitir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de admitir. | Autorizar a personas, animales o cosas en un lugar o ámbito dado. |
Where the eye mixes admitía and admitir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admitía (VCCVCVV) and admitir (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between admitía and admitir
A purely visual mix-up. admitía ([að̞miˈt̪ia]) 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 49578, 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]. 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 49578, this pair ranks #108,014 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admitía vs admitir
Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitía": í. Private to "admitir": r.
"admitía" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "admitir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- admitir ← addmitir · adimtir · admiitr · admitirr · admitri · admittir · admmitir · admtiir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admitía" and "admitir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admitía" or "admitir" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "admitía" 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 #108,014 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admitía" and "admitir" 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 #108,014 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.