# administrator

> English word · Noun · IPA /ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹeɪ.tə/ · frequency rank #6,321

## Definitions
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.

## 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.

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

## Common misspellings (20)
`addministrator`, `adimnistrator`, `admiinstrator`, `adminisrtator`, `adminisstrator`, `administartor`, `administraotr`, `administratorr`, `administratro`, `administrattor`, `administrrator`, `administrtaor`, `administtrator`, `adminitsrator`, `adminnistrator`, `adminsitrator`, `admministrator`, `admniistrator`, `amdinistrator`, `daministrator`

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