adventurevsaventuraWhich spelling fits?

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

#32,053
“adventure” frequency rank
#3,304
“aventura” frequency rank
35357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adventure aventura
Definition Aventura. Suceso excepcional y extraño en el que uno participa.

Where the eye mixes adventure and aventura

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adventure runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against aventura's 8 (VCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
adventure
8 ch
aventura

Visual trap between adventure and aventura

A purely visual mix-up. adventure (/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/) and aventura ([aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪uɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adventure is recorded at frequency rank #32,053, classified as anoun, pronounced /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/. aventura is at rank #3,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪uɾa].

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 35357, this pair ranks #186,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adventure vs aventura

Shared letters: aenrtuv. Private to "adventure": d. Private to "aventura": -.

"adventure" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "aventura" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adventure ← adbenture · addventure · adevnture · advennture · adventrue · adventture · adventuer · adventurre
  • aventura ← abentura · aevntura · avenntura · aventrua · aventtura · aventuar · aventurra · avenutra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "adventure" and "aventura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ versus [aβ̞ẽn̪ˈt̪uɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "adventure" or "aventura"?
"aventura" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,304 in our Spanish list, against #32,053 for "adventure". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "adventure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aventura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adventure" and "aventura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acentúa vs aventura". 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 #186,540 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