Which to use
“admirado” is an adjective and “admirar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,495
- “admirado” frequency rank
- #10,822
- “admirar” frequency rank
- 29317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirado | admirar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que sente admiração ou deslumbramento | apreciar |
Letter map: admirado vs admirar
Shared letters muted; letters that set admirado and admirar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Grammar separator: admirado vs admirar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: admirado is anadjective and admiraraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirado is recorded at frequency rank #18,495, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐd.mi.ˈɾa.du/. admirar is at rank #10,822, tagged as averb.
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 29317, this pair ranks #39,363 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admirado vs admirar
Shared letters: adimr. Private to "admirado": o. Private to "admirar": -.
"admirado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "admirar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "admirado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admirar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,363 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirado" and "admirar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirar vs admire". 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 #39,363 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.