Which to use
“admirado” and “admitido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,495
- “admirado” frequency rank
- #17,683
- “admitido” frequency rank
- 36178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirado | admitido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que sente admiração ou deslumbramento | aceite |
Letter map: admirado vs admitido
Shared letters muted; letters that set admirado and admitido apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. admirado and admitido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - admirado / admitido
admirado and admitido are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirado is recorded at frequency rank #18,495, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐd.mi.ˈɾa.du/. admitido is at rank #17,683, tagged as anadj.
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 36178, this pair ranks #30,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admirado vs admitido
Shared letters: adimo. Private to "admirado": r. Private to "admitido": t.
"admirado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "admitido" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admirado" for "admitido" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "admirado" and "admitido".
- Full dictionary entry for "admirado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admitido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirado" and "admitido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aditivo 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 #30,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.