admiravsaminaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: admira is a verb, amina is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“admira” is a verb and “amina” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,244
“admira” frequency rank
#46,322
“amina” frequency rank
66566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admira amina
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de admirar. Grupo funcional (-NH₂) derivado del amoníaco por la sustitución de uno o más átomos de hidrógeno por un radical orgánico

Where the eye mixes admira and amina

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. admira runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against amina's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
admira
5 ch
amina

Look-alike desk: admira vs amina

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admira is [að̞ˈmiɾa] while amina is [aˈmina]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66566, 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]. amina is at rank #46,322, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aˈmina].

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 66566, this pair ranks #39,530 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admira vs amina

Shared letters: aim. Private to "admira": dr. Private to "amina": n.

"admira" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "amina" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admira ← addmira · adimra · admiar · admmira · admria · amdira · damira
  • amina ← aimna · amian · aminna · ammina · amnia · maina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admira" and "amina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "admira" is a verb and "amina" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "admira" or "amina"?
"admira" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,244 in our Spanish list, against #46,322 for "amina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "amina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,530 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admira" and "amina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amina vs among". 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 #39,530 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