administration
/ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/
"administration" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“administration” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,240 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,240
- frequency rank, English
- 14
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | administration |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #1,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “administration” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for administration is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,240 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- 2The 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.
- 3The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
- 4A body that administers; a body of administrators.
- 5The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- 6Management.
- 7An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
Etymology
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “administration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “administrator” - see the side-by-side comparison. administration vs administrator
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.