administración

[að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]

/[að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“administración” has 22 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #838. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#838
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de administrar (gobernar, organizar una entidad, institución o sistema para el logro de sus objetivos).

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

administración vs administration
86% similar
administración vs administraciones
81% similar

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

Key facts for administración
PropertyValue
Headwordadministración
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]
Letters14
Frequency rank#838
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “administración” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). administración lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around administración (IPA [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #838 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for administración, with forms such as "addministración", "adimnistración", and "admiinstración". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "administration", "administraciones", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is administración, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de administrar (gobernar, organizar una entidad, institución o sistema para el logro de sus objetivos).
  2. 2
    Conjunto de funciones que se realizan para administrar.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de organismos y personas que se dedican a administrar una empresa o una institución o una parte de ellos.
  4. 4
    Oficina o lugar donde se administra un negocio, una institución, un organismo, etc.
  5. 5
    Acción de aplicar o dar algo, como una medicina o un sacramento.
  6. 6
    Rama del saber –arte, técnica o ciencia social– que estudia, elabora y aplica principios relacionados con el manejo de los recursos humanos y materiales para el logro de los objetivos de una institución o entidad.
  7. 7
    Conjunto de oficinas o entidades que conforman el gobierno de una población, región o país.

Synonyms

consejo de administración

This word in other languages

administration(English)administration(Français)Verwaltung(Deutsch)administração(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addministración
  • adimnistración
  • admiinstración
  • adminisrtación
  • adminisstración
  • administarción
  • administracción
  • administracinó
  • administraciónn
  • administracóin
  • administraicón
  • administrasión
  • administrcaión
  • administrración
  • administtración
  • adminitsración
  • adminnistración
  • adminsitración
  • admministración
  • admniistración
  • amdinistración
  • daministración

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addministración1adimnistración2admiinstración2adminisrtación2adminisstración1administarción2administracción1administracinó2
Edit distance from "administración"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "administración"?
"administración" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn].
What does "administración" mean?
As a noun, "administración" means: Acción o efecto de administrar (gobernar, organizar una entidad, institución o sistema para el logro de sus objetivos).
What words are commonly confused with "administración"?
"administración" is commonly confused with "administration", "administraciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "administración"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administración" is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "administración" come from?
"administración" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “administración”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “administration” - see the side-by-side comparison. administración vs administration
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list