Which to use
“adoraban” is a verb and “adorada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,782
- “adoraban” frequency rank
- #30,313
- “adorada” frequency rank
- 79095
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoraban | adorada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de adorar. | Forma del femenino de adorado, participio de adorar. |
Where the eye mixes adoraban and adorada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adoraban runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against adorada's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adoraban and adorada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adoraban is [að̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn] while adorada is [að̞oˈɾað̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79095, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adoraban is recorded at frequency rank #48,782, classified as averb, pronounced [að̞oˈɾaβ̞ãn]. adorada is at rank #30,313, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞oˈɾað̞a].
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 79095, this pair ranks #13,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adoraban vs adorada
Shared letters: ador. Private to "adoraban": bn. Private to "adorada": -.
"adoraban" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC · "adorada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adoraban" for "adorada" ever safe?
Which is more common, "adoraban" or "adorada"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adoraban" and "adorada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoraban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adorada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoraban" and "adorada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoraban vs adornan". 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 #13,488 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.