admitióvsadmitoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#10,603
“admitió” frequency rank
#9,930
“admito” frequency rank
20533
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admitió admito
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de admitir. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de admitir.

Where the eye mixes admitió and admito

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admitió runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against admito's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
admitió
6 ch
admito

Why the eye confuses admitió with admito

A purely visual mix-up. admitió ([að̞miˈt̪jo]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admitió is recorded at frequency rank #10,603, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈt̪jo]. 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 20533, this pair ranks #258,916 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of admitió vs admito

Shared letters: adimt. Private to "admitió": ó. Private to "admito": o.

"admitió" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "admito" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admito ← addmito · adimto · admiot · admitto · admmito · admtio · amdito · damito

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "admitió" and "admito" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([að̞miˈt̪jo] versus [að̞ˈmit̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admitió" or "admito"?
"admito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,930 in our Spanish list, against #10,603 for "admitió". 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 "admitió" 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 #258,916 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admitió" and "admito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitan vs admitió". 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 #258,916 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