admitidovsadmitoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#13,382
“admitido” frequency rank
#9,930
“admito” frequency rank
23312
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admitido admito
Definition Participio de admitir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de admitir.

Where the eye mixes admitido and admito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admitido runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against admito's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
admitido
6 ch
admito

Visual trap between admitido and admito

A purely visual mix-up. admitido ([að̞miˈt̪ið̞o]) and admito ([að̞ˈmit̪o]) 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 23312, 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]. admito is at rank #9,930, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪o].

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 23312, this pair ranks #246,376 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of admitido vs admito

Shared letters: adimot. Private to "admitido": -. Private to "admito": -.

"admitido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "admito" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admitido ← addmitido · adimtido · admiitdo · admitdio · admitiddo · admitiod · admittido · admmitido
  • admito ← addmito · adimto · admiot · admitto · admmito · admtio · amdito · damito

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "admitido" for "admito" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞miˈt̪ið̞o] versus [að̞ˈmit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "admitido" vs "admito" - which ranks higher?
"admito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,930 in our Spanish list, against #13,382 for "admitido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "admito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #246,376 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admitido" and "admito" 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 #246,376 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