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

#36,383
“administradas” frequency rank
#25,510
“administrados” frequency rank
61893
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes administradas and administrados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. administradas and administrados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

13 ch
administradas
13 ch
administrados

Why the eye confuses administradas with administrados

A purely visual mix-up. administradas ([að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞as]) and administrados ([að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “administradas” becomes o in “administrados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61893, 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]. administrados is at rank #25,510, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞os].

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 61893, this pair ranks #53,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of administradas vs administrados

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

"administradas" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "administrados" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administradasaddministradas · adimnistradas · admiinstradas · adminisrtadas · adminisstradas · administardas · administraads · administradass
  • administradosaddministrados · adimnistrados · admiinstrados · adminisrtados · adminisstrados · administardos · administraddos · administradoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "administradas" for "administrados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞as] versus [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "administradas" vs "administrados" - which ranks higher?
"administrados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,510 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 "administrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "administradas" and "administrados" 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 #53,913 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