admitovsadultoConfusable pair

Quick tell: admito is a verb, adulto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“admito” is a verb and “adulto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,930
“admito” frequency rank
#5,062
“adulto” frequency rank
14992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admito adulto
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de admitir. Dicho de una persona: que llegó a su pleno crecimiento o desarrollo.

Where the eye mixes admito and adulto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. admito (VCCVCV) and adulto (VCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
admito
6 ch
adulto

Look-alike desk: admito vs adulto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admito is [að̞ˈmit̪o] while adulto is [aˈð̞ul̪t̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admito is recorded at frequency rank #9,930, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmit̪o]. adulto is at rank #5,062, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈð̞ul̪t̪o].

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 14992, this pair ranks #281,915 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of admito vs adulto

Shared letters: adot. Private to "admito": im. Private to "adulto": lu.

"admito" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "adulto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admito ← addmito · adimto · admiot · admitto · admmito · admtio · amdito · damito
  • adulto ← addulto · adluto · adullto · adulot · adultto · adutlo · audlto · daulto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admito" and "adulto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "admito" is a verb and "adulto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "admito" or "adulto"?
"adulto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,062 in our Spanish list, against #9,930 for "admito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "admito" and "adulto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adulto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,915 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admito" and "adulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admitan vs admito". 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 #281,915 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