abrirávsadmiraConfusable pair

Which to use

“abrirá” and “admira” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,826
“abrirá” frequency rank
#20,244
“admira” frequency rank
34070
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abrirá admira
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de abrir o de abrirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admirar.

Where the eye mixes abrirá and admira

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. abrirá and admira follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
abrirá
6 ch
admira

Look-alike desk: abrirá vs admira

A purely visual mix-up. abrirá ([aβ̞ɾiˈɾa]) and admira ([að̞ˈmiɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abrirá is recorded at frequency rank #13,826, classified as averb, pronounced [aβ̞ɾiˈɾa]. admira is at rank #20,244, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmiɾa].

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 34070, this pair ranks #193,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abrirá vs admira

Shared letters: air. Private to "abrirá": bá. Private to "admira": dm.

"abrirá" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "admira" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admira ← addmira · adimra · admiar · admmira · admria · amdira · damira

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "abrirá" and "admira" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([aβ̞ɾiˈɾa] versus [að̞ˈmiɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "abrirá" or "admira" show up more?
"abrirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,826 in our Spanish list, against #20,244 for "admira". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abrirá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "admira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abrirá" and "admira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admira vs amina". 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 #193,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list