admitir

//ɐd.mi.ˈtiɾ// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,690

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

admitir is aPortugueseverb. It means: aceitar a entrada, dar emprego, receber: Pronounced /ɐd.mi.ˈtiɾ/. It ranks #4,690 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with admirar and admitido.

Key facts for admitir
PropertyValue
Headwordadmitir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐd.mi.ˈtiɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,690
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of admitir in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for admitir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐd.mi.ˈtiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,690 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for admitir, with forms such as "addmitir", "adimtir", and "admiitr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "admirar", "admitido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is admitir, spelled A-D-M-I-T-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aceitar a entrada, dar emprego, receber:
  2. 2
    permitir, autorizar:
  3. 3
    aceitar como certo, supor:
  4. 4
    confessar algo
  5. 5
    aceitar um desfecho

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addmitir,adimtir,admiitr,admitirr,admitri,admittir,admmitir,admtiir,amditir,damitir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for admitir

Misspelling Variants of "admitir"

addmitir8adimtir7admiitr7admitirr8admitri7admittir8admmitir8admtiir7
Misspelling Variants of "admitir"

Frequency rank: #4,690 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "admitir"?
"admitir" is spelled A-D-M-I-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐd.mi.ˈtiɾ/.
What does "admitir" mean?
As a verb, "admitir" means: aceitar a entrada, dar emprego, receber:
What words are commonly confused with "admitir"?
"admitir" is commonly confused with "admirar", "admitido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "admitir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admitir" is /ɐd.mi.ˈtiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admitir" come from?
"admitir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.