administrar

[að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]

/[að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“administrar” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #7,947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,947
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dirigir alguna cosa (por ejemplo, una empresa u organización o grupo).

Corpus desk

Index ES-administrar · administrar · Spanish

administrar · rank #7,947 · 17 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,947
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH adelantado

Nearest frequency peer: adelantado (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “administrar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “administrar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

administrar vs administre
82% similar
administrar vs administra
91% similar
administrar vs administran
91% similar

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

Key facts for administrar
PropertyValue
Headwordadministrar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#7,947
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “administrar”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).administrarcae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “adelantado” (#7,946), “administrativas” (#7,948), “activistas” (#7,945). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “administrar” va en #7,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around administrar (IPA [að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,947 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for administrar, with forms such as "addministrar", "adimnistrar", and "admiinstrar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "administre", "administra", "administran", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is administrar, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dirigir alguna cosa (por ejemplo, una empresa u organización o grupo).
  2. 2
    Suministrar algo.
  3. 3
    Planificar, ordenar, clasificar y distribuir recursos.
  4. 4
    Saber emplear los recursos inteligentemente, con criterio y sin despilfarro.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Hay que saber administrar el dinero porque es escaso y así será más fácil sortear los tiempos de crisis.

This word in other languages

administer(English)verwalten(Deutsch)administrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addministrar
  • adimnistrar
  • admiinstrar
  • adminisrtar
  • adminisstrar
  • administarr
  • administrarr
  • administrra
  • administrrar
  • administtrar
  • adminitsrar
  • adminnistrar
  • adminsitrar
  • admministrar
  • admniistrar
  • amdinistrar
  • daministrar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of administrar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

addministrar1adimnistrar2admiinstrar2adminisrtar2adminisstrar1administarr2administrarr1administrra2
Edit distance from "administrar"

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 "administrar"?
"administrar" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ].
What does "administrar" mean?
As a verb, "administrar" means: Dirigir alguna cosa (por ejemplo, una empresa u organización o grupo).
What words are commonly confused with "administrar"?
"administrar" is commonly confused with "administre", "administra", "administran". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "administrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administrar" is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "administrar" come from?
"administrar" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

comunicarse#7,971produciendo#7,907lingüística#7,873legitimidad#7,872

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

celebrando17 variantsproducciones17 variantslevantarse17 variantsfundamentos17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list