Administration

[atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Administration” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,992
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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...

Corpus desk

Index DE-administration · Administration · German

Administration · rank #10,992 · 21 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,992
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Acker

Nearest frequency peer: Acker (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Administration“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Administration“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Administration vs Administrator
86% similar
Administration vs administrative
79% similar
Administration vs administrativen
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Administration“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Administrationliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Acker“ (#10,991), „Agnes“ (#10,993), „abziehen“ (#10,990). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Administration“ bei #10,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around Administration (IPA [atminɪstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,992 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for Administration, with forms such as "addministration", "adimnistration", and "admiinstration". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Administrator", "administrative", "administrativen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Administration, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Administration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Um Genaueres zu erfahren, müsst Ihr Euch an die Administration wenden.
  2. Wegen schlechter Administration schlug das Unternehmen fehl.

Synonyms

RegierungExekutiveVerwaltungSystemadministration

This word in other languages

administration(English)administración(Español)administration(Français)administração(Português)

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

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Administration - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

addministration1adimnistration2admiinstration2adminisrtation2adminisstration1administartion2administraiton2administratino2
Edit distance from "Administration"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Administration", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

qualifizierten#10,920hervorragenden#11,065Leichtathletik#10,895interpretieren#10,879

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

Übereinstimmung21 variantsVorgeschichte21 variantsUnterbrechung21 variantsWaschmaschine21 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list