Administration

/[atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,992

in German word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Administration is aGermannoun. It means: Verwaltung, Regierung, Exekutive (meist als inkorrekte Übersetzung für die US-amerikanische Regierung als so genannter falscher Freund; häufig auch in allgemeinen Konstruktionen im russischen Sprac... Pronounced [atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Often confused with Administrator and administrative.

Key facts for Administration
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HeadwordAdministration
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters14
Frequency rank#10,992
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Administration is 14 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,992 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for Administration, with forms such as "addministration", "adimnistration", and "admiinstration". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Administrator", "administrative", "administrativen", 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 Administration, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verwaltung, Regierung, Exekutive (meist als inkorrekte Übersetzung für die US-amerikanische Regierung als so genannter falscher Freund; häufig auch in allgemeinen Konstruktionen im russischen Sprachraum vorkommend)
  2. 2
    Verwaltung in der katholischen Kirche
  3. 3
    Verwaltung, Pflege, Wartung und Betreuung von Computersystemen, Computernetzen, Internetforen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addministration,adimnistration,admiinstration,adminisrtation,adminisstration,administartion,administraiton,administratino,administrationn,administratoin,administrattion,administrration,administrtaion,administtration,adminitsration,adminnistration,adminsitration,admministration,admniistration,amdinistration,daministration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Administration

Misspelling Variants of "Administration"

addministration15adimnistration14admiinstration14adminisrtation14adminisstration15administartion14administraiton14administratino14
Misspelling Variants of "Administration"

Frequency rank: #10,992 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Administration"?
"Administration" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Administration" mean?
As a noun, "Administration" means: Verwaltung, Regierung, Exekutive (meist als inkorrekte Übersetzung für die US-amerikanische Regierung als so genannter falscher Freund; häufig auch in allgemeinen Konstruktionen im russischen Sprac...
What words are commonly confused with "Administration"?
"Administration" is commonly confused with "Administrator", "administrative", "administrativen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Administration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Administration" is [atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Administration" come from?
"Administration" 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.