administration

/ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/

//ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən// noun

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"administration" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“administration” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,240
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-administration · administration · English

administration · rank #1,240 · 22 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,240
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH active

Nearest frequency peer: active (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “administration”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “administration” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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
86% similar

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

Key facts for administration
PropertyValue
Headwordadministration
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/
Letters14
Frequency rank#1,240
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “administration” sits in English 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). administration 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 22 spelling variants around administration (IPA /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,240 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for administration, with forms such as "addministration", "adimnistration", and "admiinstration". 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, "administrator", "administrative", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion. The correct English form is administration, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 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. 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.
  3. 3
    The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
  4. 4
    A body that administers; a body of administrators.
  5. 5
    The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
  6. 6
    Management.
  7. 7
    An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

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. […] the fact that the propertied classes are no longer the best educated, and the fact that the large number of people who owe their position solely to their general education do not possess that experience of the working of the economic system which the administration of property gives are important to understanding the role of the intellectual.
  2. Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.

Etymology

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.

Synonyms

administrationdirectiongovernancemanagementsupervision

This word in other languages

administración(Español)administration(Français)Verwaltung(Deutsch)administração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addministration
  • adimnistration
  • admiinstration
  • adminisrtation
  • adminisstration
  • administartion
  • administraiton
  • administrasion
  • 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 - 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.

addministration1adimnistration2admiinstration2adminisrtation2adminisstration1administartion2administraiton2administrasion1
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

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 /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/.
What does "administration" mean?
As a noun, "administration" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "administration"?
"administration" is commonly confused with "administrator", "administrative". 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 /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "administration"?
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

responsibility#1,837communications#2,521representative#2,642transportation#2,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

infrastructure22 variantsrepresentation22 variantsdiscrimination22 variantsimplementation22 variants

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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