administradasvsadministradorasWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,383
“administradas” frequency rank
#45,705
“administradoras” frequency rank
82088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administradas administradoras
Definition Forma del femenino plural de administrado, participio de administrar. Forma del femenino plural de administrador.

Where the eye mixes administradas and administradoras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 13 letters in sequence. administradas runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCCCVCVC) against administradoras's 15 (VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

13 ch
administradas
15 ch
administradoras

Look-alike desk: administradas vs administradoras

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: administradas is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞as] while administradoras is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 82088, 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]. administradoras is at rank #45,705, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾas].

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 82088, this pair ranks #9,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of administradas vs administradoras

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

"administradas" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "administradoras" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administradasaddministradas · adimnistradas · admiinstradas · adminisrtadas · adminisstradas · administardas · administraads · administradass
  • administradorasaddministradoras · adimnistradoras · admiinstradoras · adminisrtadoras · adminisstradoras · administardoras · administraddoras · administradoars

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "administradas" and "administradoras" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "administradas" is a participle and "administradoras" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "administradas" or "administradoras"?
"administradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,383 in our Spanish list, against #45,705 for "administradoras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "administradas" and "administradoras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "administradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "administradoras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,618 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "administradas" and "administradoras" 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 #9,618 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