adoranvsagoraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: adoran is a verb, agora is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“adoran” is a verb and “agora” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,872
“adoran” frequency rank
#29,016
“agora” frequency rank
49888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adoran agora
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de adorar. Variante de ahora.

Where the eye mixes adoran and agora

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. adoran runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against agora's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
adoran
5 ch
agora

Look-alike desk: adoran vs agora

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adoran is [aˈð̞oɾãn] while agora is [aˈɣ̞oɾa]. 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 adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adoran is recorded at frequency rank #20,872, classified as averb, pronounced [aˈð̞oɾãn]. agora is at rank #29,016, tagged as anadv, pronounced [aˈɣ̞oɾa].

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 49888, this pair ranks #106,278 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adoran vs agora

Shared letters: aor. Private to "adoran": dn. Private to "agora": g.

"adoran" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "agora" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adoranaddoran · adoarn · adorann · adorran · adroan · aodran · daoran
  • agoraaggora · agoar · agorra · agroa · aogra · gaora

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adoran" for "agora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adoran" is a verb and "agora" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "adoran" or "agora" show up more?
"adoran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,872 in our Spanish list, against #29,016 for "agora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "adoran" and "agora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adoran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "agora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,278 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adoran" and "agora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aflora vs agora". 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 #106,278 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