Which to use
“admitido” and “admitiendo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,382
- “admitido” frequency rank
- #27,832
- “admitiendo” frequency rank
- 41214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admitido | admitiendo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de admitir. | Gerundio de admitir. |
Where the eye mixes admitido and admitiendo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses admitido with admitiendo
A purely visual mix-up. admitido ([að̞miˈt̪ið̞o]) and admitiendo ([að̞miˈt̪jẽn̪d̪o]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admitido is recorded at frequency rank #13,382, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪ið̞o]. admitiendo is at rank #27,832, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪jẽn̪d̪o].
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 41214, this pair ranks #154,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admitido vs admitiendo
Shared letters: adimot. Private to "admitido": -. Private to "admitiendo": en.
"admitido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "admitiendo" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- admitido ← addmitido · adimtido · admiitdo · admitdio · admitiddo · admitiod · admittido · admmitido
- admitiendo ← addmitiendo · adimtiendo · admiitendo · admiteindo · admitiedno · admitienddo · admitienndo · admitienod
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "admitido" and "admitiendo" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "admitido" or "admitiendo"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "admitido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admitiendo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admitido" and "admitiendo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitía vs admitido". 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 #154,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.