adorar

/[að̞oˈɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,289

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

adorar is aSpanishverb. It means: Dar expresión a la adoración de un ídolo o dios según las normas propias del culto o religión. Pronounced [að̞oˈɾaɾ]. Often confused with aora and ahora.

Key facts for adorar
PropertyValue
Headwordadorar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[að̞oˈɾaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,289
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adorar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞oˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,289 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for adorar, with forms such as "addorar", "adoarr", and "adorarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aora", "ahora", "adoro", 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 adorar, spelled A-D-O-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dar expresión a la adoración de un ídolo o dios según las normas propias del culto o religión.
  2. 2
    Expresar un sentimiento de amor profundo a alguien.
  3. 3
    Expresar una gran admiración hacia algo o alguien.
  4. 4
    Inclinarse el cardenal a los pies del Papa después de haberlo elegido.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addorar,adoarr,adorarr,adorrar,adroar,aodrar,daorar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adorar

Misspelling Variants of "adorar"

addorar7adoarr6adorarr7adorrar7adroar6aodrar6daorar6
Misspelling Variants of "adorar"

Frequency rank: #23,289 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adorar"?
"adorar" is spelled A-D-O-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞oˈɾaɾ].
What does "adorar" mean?
As a verb, "adorar" means: Dar expresión a la adoración de un ídolo o dios según las normas propias del culto o religión.
What words are commonly confused with "adorar"?
"adorar" is commonly confused with "aora", "ahora", "adoro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adorar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adorar" is [að̞oˈɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adorar" come from?
"adorar" 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.