admiramosvsaspiramosTell them apart

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

#40,620
“admiramos” frequency rank
#39,584
“aspiramos” frequency rank
80204
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature admiramos aspiramos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de admirar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de aspirar.

Where the eye mixes admiramos and aspiramos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. admiramos and aspiramos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
admiramos
9 ch
aspiramos

Why the eye confuses admiramos with aspiramos

A purely visual mix-up. admiramos ([að̞miˈɾamos]) and aspiramos ([aspiˈɾamos]) 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 80204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

admiramos is recorded at frequency rank #40,620, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞miˈɾamos]. aspiramos is at rank #39,584, tagged as averb, pronounced [aspiˈɾamos].

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 80204, this pair ranks #12,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of admiramos vs aspiramos

Shared letters: aimors. Private to "admiramos": d. Private to "aspiramos": p.

"admiramos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "aspiramos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • admiramosaddmiramos · adimramos · admiarmos · admirammos · admiramoss · admiramso · admiraoms · admirmaos
  • aspiramosapsiramos · asipramos · aspiarmos · aspirammos · aspiramoss · aspiramso · aspiraoms · aspirmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "admiramos" and "aspiramos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([að̞miˈɾamos] versus [aspiˈɾamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "admiramos" or "aspiramos"?
"aspiramos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,584 in our Spanish list, against #40,620 for "admiramos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "admiramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aspiramos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "admiramos" and "aspiramos" 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 #12,000 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