Which to use
“adora” and “adoraba” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,858
- “adora” frequency rank
- #33,913
- “adoraba” frequency rank
- 51771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adora | adoraba |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de adorar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de adorar. |
Where the eye mixes adora and adoraba
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adora runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against adoraba's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adora vs adoraba
A purely visual mix-up. adora ([aˈð̞oɾa]) and adoraba ([að̞oˈɾaβ̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “adora” sits inside “adoraba”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adora is recorded at frequency rank #17,858, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈð̞oɾa]. adoraba is at rank #33,913, tagged as averb, pronounced [að̞oˈɾaβ̞a].
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 51771, this pair ranks #96,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adora vs adoraba
Shared letters: ador. Private to "adora": -. Private to "adoraba": b.
"adora" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "adoraba" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "adora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoraba" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adora" and "adoraba" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoraba vs alojaba". 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 #96,132 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.