Which to use
“admirador” is an adjective and “admiramos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,871
- “admirador” frequency rank
- #40,620
- “admiramos” frequency rank
- 61491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirador | admiramos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que admira o tiene en muy alta consideración a otra persona o su obra. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de admirar. |
Where the eye mixes admirador and admiramos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. admirador and admiramos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: admirador vs admiramos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admirador is [að̞miɾaˈð̞oɾ] while admiramos is [að̞miˈɾamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirador is recorded at frequency rank #20,871, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞miɾaˈð̞oɾ]. admiramos is at rank #40,620, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈɾamos].
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 61491, this pair ranks #55,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admirador vs admiramos
Shared letters: adimor. Private to "admirador": -. Private to "admiramos": s.
"admirador" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "admiramos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admirador" for "admiramos" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "admirador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admiramos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirador" and "admiramos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admiramos vs adoramos". 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 #55,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.