Which to use
“admitido” and “admitió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,382
- “admitido” frequency rank
- #10,603
- “admitió” frequency rank
- 23985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admitido | admitió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio 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 admitido and admitió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admitido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against admitió's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: admitido vs admitió
A purely visual mix-up. admitido ([að̞miˈt̪ið̞o]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23985, 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]. 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 23985, this pair ranks #243,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admitido vs admitió
Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitido": o. Private to "admitió": ó.
"admitido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "admitió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- admitido ← addmitido · adimtido · admiitdo · admitdio · admitiddo · admitiod · admittido · admmitido
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admitido" and "admitió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admitido" or "admitió" 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 "admitido" 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 #243,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admitido" and "admitió" 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 #243,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.