Which to use
“admirável” and “amigável” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,492
- “admirável” frequency rank
- #8,144
- “amigável” frequency rank
- 23636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirável | amigável |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que causa admiração | dito ou feito com amizade |
Where the eye mixes admirável and amigável
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. admirável runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against amigável's 8 (VCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between admirável and amigável
A purely visual mix-up. admirável (/ɐd.mi.ˈɾa.vɛɫ/) and amigável (/ɐ.mi.ˈɡa.vɛɫ/) 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 23636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirável is recorded at frequency rank #15,492, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐd.mi.ˈɾa.vɛɫ/. amigável is at rank #8,144, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.mi.ˈɡa.vɛɫ/.
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 23636, this pair ranks #46,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admirável vs amigável
Shared letters: aeilmvá. Private to "admirável": dr. Private to "amigável": g.
"admirável" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "amigável" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admirável" and "amigável" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "admirável" or "amigável" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "admirável" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amigável" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirável" and "amigável" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amável vs amigável". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,155 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.