administrativo

[að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]

/[að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]/ adj

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The verdict

“administrativo” has 22 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,135
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perteneciente o relativo a la administración.

Corpus desk

Index ES-administrativo · administrativo · Spanish

administrativo · rank #4,135 · 22 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,135
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH acabado

Nearest frequency peer: acabado (-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 “administrativo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “administrativo” 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).

administrativo vs administrativos
93% similar
administrativo vs administrativa
93% similar
administrativo vs administration
86% similar

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

Key facts for administrativo
PropertyValue
Headwordadministrativo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]
Letters14
Frequency rank#4,135
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “administrativo”

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

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “acabado” (#4,134), “amenazas” (#4,136), “abiertos” (#4,133). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “administrativo” va en #4,135. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around administrativo (IPA [að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,135 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Perteneciente o relativo a la administración.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for administrativo, with forms such as "addministrativo", "adimnistrativo", and "admiinstrativo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "administrativos", "administrativa", "administration", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is administrativo, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perteneciente o relativo a la administración.

This word in other languages

administrative(English)administratif(Français)behördlich(Deutsch)administrativo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addministrativo
  • adimnistrativo
  • admiinstrativo
  • adminisrtativo
  • adminisstrativo
  • administartivo
  • administraitvo
  • administratibo
  • administratiov
  • administrativvo
  • administrattivo
  • administratvio
  • administrrativo
  • administrtaivo
  • administtrativo
  • adminitsrativo
  • adminnistrativo
  • adminsitrativo
  • admministrativo
  • admniistrativo
  • amdinistrativo
  • daministrativo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addministrativo1adimnistrativo2admiinstrativo2adminisrtativo2adminisstrativo1administartivo2administraitvo2administratibo1
Edit distance from "administrativo"

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 "administrativo"?
"administrativo" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o].
What does "administrativo" mean?
As an adjective, "administrativo" means: Perteneciente o relativo a la administración.
What words are commonly confused with "administrativo"?
"administrativo" is commonly confused with "administrativos", "administrativa", "administration". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "administrativo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administrativo" is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "administrativo" come from?
"administrativo" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revolucionario#4,111administrativa#4,049característica#4,223extremadamente#4,246

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

específicamente22 variantsdiscriminación22 variantsdescubrimiento22 variantsprocedimientos22 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list