administrative

[atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə]

/[atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə]/ adj

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The verdict

“administrative” has 21 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,876. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,876
frequency rank, German
113,935
“A” headwords
21
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

administrative vs administrativen
93% similar
administrative vs Administration
79% similar

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

Key facts for administrative
PropertyValue
Headwordadministrative
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə]
Letters14
Frequency rank#25,876
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “administrative” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). administrative lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around administrative (IPA [atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,876 among 113,935 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for administrative, with forms such as "addministrative", "adimnistrative", and "admiinstrative". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "administrativen", "Administration", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is administrative, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addministrative
  • adimnistrative
  • admiinstrative
  • adminisrtative
  • adminisstrative
  • administartive
  • administraitve
  • administratiev
  • administrativve
  • administrattive
  • administratvie
  • administrrative
  • administrtaive
  • administtrative
  • adminitsrative
  • adminnistrative
  • adminsitrative
  • admministrative
  • admniistrative
  • amdinistrative
  • daministrative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of administrative - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

addministrative1adimnistrative2admiinstrative2adminisrtative2adminisstrative1administartive2administraitve2administratiev2
Edit distance from "administrative"

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 "administrative"?
"administrative" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə].
What does "administrative" mean?
As an adjective, "administrative" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs administrativ
What words are commonly confused with "administrative"?
"administrative" is commonly confused with "administrativen", "Administration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "administrative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administrative" is [atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "administrative" come from?
"administrative" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “administrative”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [atminɪstʁaˈtiːvə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “administrativen” - see the side-by-side comparison. administrative vs administrativen
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list