administrator

Name: administrator, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/

//ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“administrator” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,321
frequency rank, English: 3,931
“A” headwords: 20
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

Corpus desk

Index EN-administrator · administrator · English

administrator · rank #6,321 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #6,321
LEN-MEGA 13 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 20 variants
BOOK-MID 3,931
PHOTO-FINISH adjust

Nearest frequency peer: adjust (-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.

wives

93,683
adjust

93,681
administrat…

93,680
affecting

93,679
allied

93,678
altogether

93,677

What this shows “administrator” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

administrator vs administration

86% similar

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

Key facts for administrator
Property	Value
Headword	administrator
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#6,321
Misspellings tracked	20
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “administrator”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).administratorlands here:

#6,321

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “adjust” (#6,320), “affecting” (#6,322), “allied” (#6,323). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “administrator” is #6,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around administrator (IPA /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,321 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for administrator, with forms such as "addministrator", "adimnistrator", and "admiinstrator". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "administration", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Latin mini… The correct English form is administrator, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-O-R.

Definition

1
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
2
A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
3
One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how administrator appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Italic *minōs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *minosteros Latin minister Latin ministrō Latin administrō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin administrātorbor. English administrator Borrowed from Latin administrātor (literally “he that is near to attend”). Doublet of administrador.

Synonyms

chief head head man controller comptroller duke foremanorganizer overseersuperintendent supervisor admin

This word in other languages

administrador(Español)administrateur(Français)Verwalter(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

addministrator
adimnistrator
admiinstrator
adminisrtator
adminisstrator
administartor
administraotr
administratorr
administratro
administrattor
administrrator
administrtaor
administtrator
adminitsrator
adminnistrator
adminsitrator
admministrator
admniistrator
amdinistrator
daministrator

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of administrator - 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.

Edit distance from "administrator"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "administrator"?

"administrator" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/.

What does "administrator" mean?

As a noun, "administrator" means: One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

What words are commonly confused with "administrator"?

"administrator" is commonly confused with "administration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "administrator"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administrator" is /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/. 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 "administrator"?

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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