Which to use
“admira” and “admiraba” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,244
- “admira” frequency rank
- #27,461
- “admiraba” frequency rank
- 47705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admira | admiraba |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admirar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de admirar. |
Where the eye mixes admira and admiraba
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admira runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admiraba's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: admira vs admiraba
A purely visual mix-up. admira ([að̞ˈmiɾa]) and admiraba ([að̞miˈɾaβ̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “admira” sits inside “admiraba”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admira is recorded at frequency rank #20,244, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmiɾa]. admiraba is at rank #27,461, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈɾaβ̞a].
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 47705, this pair ranks #118,581 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admira vs admiraba
Shared letters: adimr. Private to "admira": -. Private to "admiraba": b.
"admira" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "admiraba" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admira" for "admiraba" ever safe?
Which is more common, "admira" or "admiraba"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "admira" and "admiraba" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admiraba" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,581 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admira" and "admiraba" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admiraba vs admirada". 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 #118,581 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.