Which to use
“administrado” is an adjective and “administrados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,262
- “administrado” frequency rank
- #25,510
- “administrados” frequency rank
- 40772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administrado | administrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | administrado ¦ plural: administrados ¦ femenino: administrada ¦ femenino plural: administradas | Forma del plural de administrado, participio de administrar. |
Where the eye mixes administrado and administrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. administrado runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCCVCV) against administrados's 13 (VCCVCVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses administrado with administrados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: administrado is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞o] while administrados is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “administrado” sits inside “administrados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40772, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
administrado is recorded at frequency rank #15,262, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞o]. 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 40772, this pair ranks #157,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of administrado vs administrados
Shared letters: adimnorst. Private to "administrado": -. Private to "administrados": -.
"administrado" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCV · "administrados" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- administrado ← addministrado · adimnistrado · admiinstrado · adminisrtado · adminisstrado · administardo · administraddo · administraod
- administrados ← addministrados · adimnistrados · admiinstrados · adminisrtados · adminisstrados · administardos · administraddos · administradoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "administrado" and "administrados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "administrado" or "administrados"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "administrado" and "administrados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "administrado" 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 #157,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administrado" and "administrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administradoras vs administrados". 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 #157,303 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.