The phrase "admitted in error" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone acknowledges a mistake or incorrect information that was previously stated.
Example: "The defendant admitted in error that he had been at the scene of the crime, later clarifying his actual whereabouts."
Alternatives: "acknowledged the mistake" or "confessed to the error".
Rabbi Lanner has admitted in previous interviews that he made "errors in judgment," but has maintained that he did nothing illegal.
Pharmacists collected prescribing errors detected for each patient admitted in these 7 wards between June 26 to July 13 , 2007
A medical examiner, suspended in February after an admitted error in an autopsy led to the murder indictment of an innocent man, said he planned to retire as coroner in both Cape May and Cumberland Counties, where he worked.
Referring to the 2003 abduction and five-month detention of a German, Khaled al-Masri, by the United States on suspicion of terrorism, Mrs. Merkel said that the United States had admitted error in the case, not that Ms. Rice had admitted error.
But about three months after Mr. Riccobono was fired, the test company, CTB/McGraw-Hill, admitted an error in scoring the 1999 tests.
The ABC, which admitted an error in judgment, has been heavily criticised for allowing the convicted criminal airtime during Monday night's program.
As white indignation rose at his insult to the cops, the president skillfully admitted his error in a way that suggested the incident had a positive side by providing what he called "a teachable moment" in race relations.
Responding to growing criticism, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today admitted an error in a working group report that was part of its massive 2007 global review.
When Britain finally admitted the error in its ways, it had to pay.
NBC News has admitted an error in failing to disclose Wolffe's ties, telling Politico, "We should have disclosed Richard's connection to Public Strategies.
