non-administrative

adj

"non-administrative" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“non-administrative” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of nonadministrative.

Corpus desk

Index EN-non-administrative · non-administrative · English

non-administrative · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" 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.

Key facts for non-administrative
PropertyValue
Headwordnon-administrative
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “non-administrative” in English

non-administrativeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

non-administrative is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of nonadministrative.".

non-administrative has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From non- + administrative. The correct English form is non-administrative, spelled N-O-N---A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative form of nonadministrative.

Etymology

From non- + administrative.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "non-administrative"?
"non-administrative" is spelled N-O-N---A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-E.
What does "non-administrative" mean?
As an adjective, "non-administrative" means: Alternative form of nonadministrative.
What is the origin of the word "non-administrative"?
From non- + administrative. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list