admirable

/[að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,963

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

admirable is anSpanishadj. It means: Que merece o causa admiración; digno de admirarse por cualidades consideradas extraordinarias. Pronounced [að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]. Often confused with amigable and adorable.

Key facts for admirable
PropertyValue
Headwordadmirable
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,963
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of admirable in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for admirable is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,963 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que merece o causa admiración; digno de admirarse por cualidades consideradas extraordinarias.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for admirable, with forms such as "addmirable", "adimrable", and "admiarble". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "amigable", "adorable", "admisible", and more, 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 Spanish form is admirable, spelled A-D-M-I-R-A-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que merece o causa admiración; digno de admirarse por cualidades consideradas extraordinarias.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addmirable,adimrable,admiarble,admirabble,admirabel,admirablle,admiralbe,admiravle,admirbale,admirrable,admmirable,admriable,amdirable,damirable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for admirable

Misspelling Variants of "admirable"

addmirable10adimrable9admiarble9admirabble10admirabel9admirablle10admiralbe9admiravle9
Misspelling Variants of "admirable"

Frequency rank: #12,963 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "admirable"?
"admirable" is spelled A-D-M-I-R-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞miˈɾaβ̞le].
What does "admirable" mean?
As an adj, "admirable" means: Que merece o causa admiración; digno de admirarse por cualidades consideradas extraordinarias.
What words are commonly confused with "admirable"?
"admirable" is commonly confused with "amigable", "adorable", "admisible". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "admirable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admirable" is [að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admirable" come from?
"admirable" is a Spanish 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.