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

#5,453
“administrador” frequency rank
#8,340
“administradores” frequency rank
13793
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administrador administradores
Definition Que se ocupa de la administración de algo. Forma del plural de administrador.

Where the eye mixes administrador and administradores

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

13 ch
administrador
15 ch
administradores

Visual trap between administrador and administradores

A purely visual mix-up. administrador ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ]) and administradores ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾes]) 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 extra letter(s) - “administrador” sits inside “administradores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

administrador is recorded at frequency rank #5,453, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ]. administradores is at rank #8,340, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾes].

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 13793, this pair ranks #286,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of administrador vs administradores

Shared letters: adimnorst. Private to "administrador": -. Private to "administradores": e.

"administrador" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC  ·  "administradores" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administradoraddministrador · adimnistrador · admiinstrador · adminisrtador · adminisstrador · administardor · administraddor · administradorr
  • administradoresaddministradores · adimnistradores · admiinstradores · adminisrtadores · adminisstradores · administardores · administraddores · administradoers

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "administrador" for "administradores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ] versus [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "administrador" or "administradores"?
"administrador" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,453 in our Spanish list, against #8,340 for "administradores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "administrador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "administradores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,537 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "administrador" and "administradores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administradoras vs administradores". 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 #286,537 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