# administration

> English word · Noun · IPA /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #1,240

## Definitions
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.
3. The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
4. A body that administers; a body of administrators.
5. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
6. Management.
7. An 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.

## Easily confused with
- **administrator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/administration-vs-administrator)
- **administrative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/administration-vs-administrative)

## Common misspellings (22)
`addministration`, `adimnistration`, `admiinstration`, `adminisrtation`, `adminisstration`, `administartion`, `administraiton`, `administrasion`, `administratino`, `administrationn`, `administratoin`, `administrattion`, `administrration`, `administrtaion`, `administtration`, `adminitsration`, `adminnistration`, `adminsitration`, `admministration`, `admniistration`, `amdinistration`, `daministration`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/administration