How to spell admission

hear itad·mis·sion/æd'mɪʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The right to enter a place.

In a sentence: The admission ticket to the zoo lets us see all the animals.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as admissionn or admisson.

Same family: admit, admitted, admittance, submission, permission. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Admission” comes from Latin ‘admissio,’ from ‘admittere’ meaning ‘to let in’ or ‘to grant access.’ Over time, English extended the meaning from simply ‘entering’ a place to also include the fee you pay to be allowed in.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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