admit

/{d."mIt/

//{d."mIt// verb

The verdict

“admit” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,487 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,487
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - admitir

Corpus desk

Index PT-admit · admit · Portuguese

admit · rank #92,487 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,487
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH adoto

Nearest frequency peer: adoto (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “admit”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “admit” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for admit
PropertyValue
Headwordadmit
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/{d."mIt/
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,487
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “admit” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).admitcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “adoto” (#92,488), “acreditável” (#92,480), “acertadamente” (#92,474). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “admit” fica em #92,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

admit is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,487 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /{d."mIt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "admitir".

Zero misspellings are on record for admit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is admit, spelled A-D-M-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    admitir

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how admit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. To admit defeat

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "admit"?
"admit" is spelled A-D-M-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is /{d."mIt/.
What does "admit" mean?
As a verb, "admit" means: admitir
How do you pronounce "admit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admit" is /{d."mIt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admit" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "admit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list