administrivia
"administrivia" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“administrivia” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.
Corpus desk
Index EN-administrivia · administrivia · English
administrivia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | administrivia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “administrivia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
administrivia is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for administrivia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of administrative + trivia. First use appears c. 1937 in International Journal of Ethics. The correct English form is administrivia, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-I-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1Administrative details that which take a significant amount of time to complete.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how administrivia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Administrivia take up two hours of every day.
Administrivia takes up two hours of every day.
Etymology
Blend of administrative + trivia. First use appears c. 1937 in International Journal of Ethics.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.