administradasvsadministradoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: administradas is a participle, administrado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“administradas” is a participle and “administrado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,383
“administradas” frequency rank
#15,262
“administrado” frequency rank
51645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administradas administrado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de administrado, participio de administrar. administrado ¦ plural: administrados ¦ femenino: administrada ¦ femenino plural: administradas

Where the eye mixes administradas and administrado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. administradas runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCCCVCVC) against administrado's 12 (VCCVCVCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
administradas
12 ch
administrado

Look-alike desk: administradas vs administrado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: administradas is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞as] while administrado is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

administradas is recorded at frequency rank #36,383, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞as]. administrado is at rank #15,262, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞o].

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 51645, this pair ranks #96,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of administradas vs administrado

Shared letters: adimnrst. Private to "administradas": -. Private to "administrado": o.

"administradas" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "administrado" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administradasaddministradas · adimnistradas · admiinstradas · adminisrtadas · adminisstradas · administardas · administraads · administradass
  • administradoaddministrado · adimnistrado · admiinstrado · adminisrtado · adminisstrado · administardo · administraddo · administraod

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "administradas" and "administrado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "administradas" is a participle and "administrado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "administradas" or "administrado"?
"administrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,262 in our Spanish list, against #36,383 for "administradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "administradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "administrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #96,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "administradas" and "administrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administraba vs administradas". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #96,861 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list