Which to use
“admirable” and “admisible” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,963
- “admirable” frequency rank
- #31,620
- “admisible” frequency rank
- 44583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirable | admisible |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que merece o causa admiración; digno de admirarse por cualidades consideradas extraordinarias. | Que se puede admitir, aceptar o permitir. |
Where the eye mixes admirable and admisible
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses admirable with admisible
A purely visual mix-up. admirable ([að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]) and admisible ([að̞miˈsiβ̞le]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirable is recorded at frequency rank #12,963, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞miˈɾaβ̞le]. admisible is at rank #31,620, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞miˈsiβ̞le].
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 44583, this pair ranks #136,238 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admirable vs admisible
Shared letters: abdeilm. Private to "admirable": r. Private to "admisible": s.
"admirable" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "admisible" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "admirable" and "admisible" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admirable" or "admisible" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admisible" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,238 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirable" and "admisible" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirable vs admirables". 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 #136,238 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.