Admin

/[ˈatmin]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,818

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Admin is aGermannoun. It means: Verwender eines Benutzerkontos mit erweiterten Rechten auf einem Rechner, einer Datenbank, einer Internetseite oder Ähnlichem Pronounced [ˈatmin]. Often confused with ami and amen.

Key facts for Admin
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdmin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈatmin]
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,818
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Admin in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Admin is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈatmin]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,818 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verwender eines Benutzerkontos mit erweiterten Rechten auf einem Rechner, einer Datenbank, einer Internetseite oder Ähnlichem".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Admin, with forms such as "addmin", "adimn", and "adminn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ami", "amen", "Amin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Admin, spelled A-D-M-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verwender eines Benutzerkontos mit erweiterten Rechten auf einem Rechner, einer Datenbank, einer Internetseite oder Ähnlichem

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addmin,adimn,adminn,admmin,admni,amdin,damin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Admin

Misspelling Variants of "Admin"

addmin6adimn5adminn6admmin6admni5amdin5damin5
Misspelling Variants of "Admin"

Frequency rank: #20,818 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Admin"?
"Admin" is spelled A-D-M-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈatmin].
What does "Admin" mean?
As a noun, "Admin" means: Verwender eines Benutzerkontos mit erweiterten Rechten auf einem Rechner, einer Datenbank, einer Internetseite oder Ähnlichem
What words are commonly confused with "Admin"?
"Admin" is commonly confused with "ami", "amen", "Amin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Admin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Admin" is [ˈatmin]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Admin" come from?
"Admin" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.