administratively
/ədˈmɪnɪstɹətɪvli/
"administratively" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“administratively” has 25 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,978. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,978
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 25
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-administratively · administratively · English
administratively · rank #41,978 · 25 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,978
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 25 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH adder
Nearest frequency peer: adder (-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 “administratively”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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58,025 corpus weight
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58,024 corpus weight
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58,023 corpus weight
- affinities
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58,020 corpus weight
- Agamemnon
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58,019 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “administratively” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | administratively |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ədˈmɪnɪstɹətɪvli/ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #41,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “administratively” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 25 spelling variants around administratively (IPA /ədˈmɪnɪstɹətɪvli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #41,978 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for administratively, with forms such as "addministratively", "adimnistratively", and "admiinstratively". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "administrative", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From administrative + -ly. The correct English form is administratively, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an administrative manner, or for purposes of administration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how administratively appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The country is divided administratively into 12 districts.
ICE has begun asking immigration courts to reopen administratively closed deportation cases against DACA recipients who continue to have no criminal record, or only a minor record.
Etymology
From administrative + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- addministratively
- adimnistratively
- admiinstratively
- adminisrtatively
- adminisstratively
- administartively
- administraitvely
- administratievly
- administrativelly
- administrativelyy
- administrativeyl
- administrativley
- administrativvely
- administrattively
- administratviely
- administrratively
- administrtaively
- administtratively
- adminitsratively
- adminnistratively
- adminsitratively
- admministratively
- admniistratively
- amdinistratively
- daministratively
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of administratively - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "administratively", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (25 here; floor ≥5).
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- 25 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #41,978 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.