Which to use
“admired” is a verb and “advised” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,802
- “admired” frequency rank
- #5,288
- “advised” frequency rank
- 16090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admired | advised |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of admire | Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation. |
Where the eye mixes admired and advised
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between admired and advised
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admired is /ədˈmaɪɹd/ while advised is /ədˈvaɪzd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admired is recorded at frequency rank #10,802, classified as averb, pronounced /ədˈmaɪɹd/. advised is at rank #5,288, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ədˈvaɪzd/.
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 16090, this pair ranks #459,984 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of admired vs advised
Shared letters: adei. Private to "admired": mr. Private to "advised": sv.
"admired" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "advised" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "admired" and "advised" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "admired" vs "advised" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "admired" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "advised" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #459,984 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admired" and "advised" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "advices vs advised". 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 #459,984 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.