administrar

/[að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,947

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

administrar is aSpanishverb. It means: Dirigir alguna cosa (por ejemplo, una empresa u organización o grupo). Pronounced [að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]. It ranks #7,947 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with administre and administra.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of administrar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for administrar is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞minisˈt̪ɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,947 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for administrar, with forms such as "addministrar", "adimnistrar", and "admiinstrar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is administrar, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for administrar

Misspelling Variants of "administrar"

addministrar12adimnistrar11admiinstrar11adminisrtar11adminisstrar12administarr11administrarr12administrra11
Misspelling Variants of "administrar"

Frequency rank: #7,947 in Spanish

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.