Which to use
“admira” is a verb and “admirado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,244
- “admira” frequency rank
- #21,209
- “admirado” frequency rank
- 41453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admira | admirado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admirar. | admirado ¦ plural: admirados ¦ femenino: admirada ¦ femenino plural: admiradas |
Where the eye mixes admira and admirado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admira runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admirado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between admira and admirado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admira is [að̞ˈmiɾa] while admirado is [að̞miˈɾað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “admira” sits inside “admirado”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41453, 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]. admirado is at rank #21,209, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞miˈɾað̞o].
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 41453, this pair ranks #153,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admira vs admirado
Shared letters: adimr. Private to "admira": -. Private to "admirado": o.
"admira" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "admirado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "admira" and "admirado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "admira" or "admirado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "admira" and "admirado" 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 "admirado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admira" and "admirado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirado vs admiradora". 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 #153,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.