administraciónvsadministracionesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“administración” and “administraciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#838
“administración” frequency rank
#9,067
“administraciones” frequency rank
9905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administración administraciones
Definition Acción o efecto de administrar (gobernar, organizar una entidad, institución o sistema para el logro de sus objetivos). Forma del plural de administración.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set administración and administraciones apart are highlighted. They share 13 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

14 ch
administración
16 ch
administraciones

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. administración ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]) and administraciones ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjones]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

administración is recorded at frequency rank #838, classified as anoun, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn]. administraciones is at rank #9,067, tagged as anoun, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjones].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 9905, this pair ranks #300,456 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of administración vs administraciones

Shared letters: acdimnrst. Private to "administración": ó. Private to "administraciones": eo.

"administración" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVVC  ·  "administraciones" · 16 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administracionesaddministraciones · adimnistraciones · admiinstraciones · adminisrtaciones · adminisstraciones · administarciones · administracciones · administracinoes

Frequency comparison

administración#838
administraciones#9,067

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "administración" and "administraciones" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjõn] versus [að̞minist̪ɾaˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "administración" or "administraciones"?
"administración" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #838 in our Spanish list, against #9,067 for "administraciones". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering administración vs administraciones

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list