Which to use
“admirado” is an adjective and “admirando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,209
- “admirado” frequency rank
- #35,846
- “admirando” frequency rank
- 57055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirado | admirando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | admirado ¦ plural: admirados ¦ femenino: admirada ¦ femenino plural: admiradas | Gerundio de admirar. |
Where the eye mixes admirado and admirando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. admirado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against admirando's 9 (VCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses admirado with admirando
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admirado is [að̞miˈɾað̞o] while admirando is [að̞miˈɾãn̪d̪o]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirado is recorded at frequency rank #21,209, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞miˈɾað̞o]. admirando is at rank #35,846, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈɾãn̪d̪o].
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 57055, this pair ranks #72,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admirado vs admirando
Shared letters: adimor. Private to "admirado": -. Private to "admirando": n.
"admirado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "admirando" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admirado" for "admirando" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "admirado" or "admirando" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admirando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirado" and "admirando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirando vs aspirando". 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 #72,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.