admirar

[að̞miˈɾaɾ]

/[að̞miˈɾaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“admirar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,831
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mirar con encanto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-admirar · admirar · Spanish

admirar · rank #13,831 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,831
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acertada

Nearest frequency peer: acertada (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “admirar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “admirar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

admirar vs admiro
71% similar
admirar vs adorar
71% similar
admirar vs admita
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for admirar
PropertyValue
Headwordadmirar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[að̞miˈɾaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,831
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “admirar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).admirarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “acertada” (#13,830), “adrenalina” (#13,832), “aceptas” (#13,829). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “admirar” va en #13,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around admirar (IPA [að̞miˈɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,831 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for admirar, with forms such as "addmirar", "adimrar", and "admiarr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "admiro", "adorar", "admita", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is admirar, spelled A-D-M-I-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mirar con encanto.
  2. 2
    Tener en muy alta consideración.
  3. 3
    Causar sorpresa la vista o consideración de una cosa extraordinaria o inesperada.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how admirar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La mujer, que es Isabela, que para admirarte nombro retirada en esa pieza, dice que es el duque Octavio quien, con engaño y cautela, la gozó.
  2. Nada de esto me admira. Pues por voluntad divina, si yo entiendo algo de ello, le vinieron esos sufrimientos a la cruel Crisa.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addmirar
  • adimrar
  • admiarr
  • admirarr
  • admirra
  • admirrar
  • admmirar
  • admriar
  • amdirar
  • damirar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of admirar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

addmirar1adimrar2admiarr2admirarr1admirra2admirrar1admmirar1admriar2
Edit distance from "admirar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "admirar"?
"admirar" is spelled A-D-M-I-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞miˈɾaɾ].
What does "admirar" mean?
As a verb, "admirar" means: Mirar con encanto.
What words are commonly confused with "admirar"?
"admirar" is commonly confused with "admiro", "adorar", "admita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "admirar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admirar" is [að̞miˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admirar" come from?
"admirar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "admirar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list