administration
/ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/noun
administration is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The wrong spelling people search most is adminstration: about 210 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 28 of all searches for the word. Administration is a noun meaning “The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in…”. The plural of administration is administrations.
How many letters and syllables are in administration?
| Letters | 14: A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 85 times per million words; the 1,251st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, adminstration, about 210 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell administration?
Administration is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 27 of the searches for administration in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is administration?
Administration appears 85 times per million words in written English, the 1,251st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce administration?
- UK /ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
- US /ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Australia /ədˌmɪn.əˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/
Administration has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-administration.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with administration?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as administration from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
- communication
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of administration
- administrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does administration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- 2
The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
- 3
The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
The Obama administration
- 4
A body that administers; a body of administrators.
- 5
The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament
- 6
Management.
- 7
UKAn arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
The company went into voluntary administration last week.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate administration?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of administration: Admin., adm., admin..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Administration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | administration |
| German | Verwaltung, Administration , Verabreichung |
| Portuguese | administração , ministração, aplicação |
| Spanish | administración |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does administration come from?
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).