Which to use
“admitida” is a participle and “admitir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,735
- “admitida” frequency rank
- #4,474
- “admitir” frequency rank
- 35209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admitida | admitir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de admitido, participio de admitir. | Autorizar a personas, animales o cosas en un lugar o ámbito dado. |
Where the eye mixes admitida and admitir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses admitida with admitir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admitida is [að̞miˈt̪ið̞a] while admitir is [að̞miˈt̪iɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admitida is recorded at frequency rank #30,735, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪ið̞a]. 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 35209, this pair ranks #187,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admitida vs admitir
Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitida": -. Private to "admitir": r.
"admitida" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "admitir" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admitida" for "admitir" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admitida" or "admitir" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admitida" 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 #187,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admitida" and "admitir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitía vs admitida". 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 #187,312 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.