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

#20,244
“admira” frequency rank
#29,907
“admiran” frequency rank
50151
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admira admiran
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admirar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admirar.

Where the eye mixes admira and admiran

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admira runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admiran's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
admira
7 ch
admiran

Visual trap between admira and admiran

A purely visual mix-up. admira ([að̞ˈmiɾa]) and admiran ([að̞ˈmiɾãn]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “admira” sits inside “admiran”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50151, 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]. admiran is at rank #29,907, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞ˈmiɾãn].

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 50151, this pair ranks #104,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of admira vs admiran

Shared letters: adimr. Private to "admira": -. Private to "admiran": n.

"admira" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "admiran" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admiraaddmira · adimra · admiar · admmira · admria · amdira · damira
  • admiranaddmiran · adimran · admiarn · admirann · admirna · admirran · admmiran · admrian

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "admira" for "admiran" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞ˈmiɾa] versus [að̞ˈmiɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admira" or "admiran" show up more?
"admira" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,244 in our Spanish list, against #29,907 for "admiran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "admira" and "admiran" 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 "admiran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,814 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admira" and "admiran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admiran vs admitan". 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 #104,814 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