Which to use
“administrador” is an adjective and “administrados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,453
- “administrador” frequency rank
- #25,510
- “administrados” frequency rank
- 30963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administrador | administrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que se ocupa de la administración de algo. | Forma del plural de administrado, participio de administrar. |
Where the eye mixes administrador and administrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. administrador and administrados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: administrador vs administrados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: administrador is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾ] while administrados is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “administrador” becomes s in “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 30963, 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]. 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 30963, this pair ranks #209,457 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of administrador vs administrados
Shared letters: adimnorst. Private to "administrador": -. Private to "administrados": -.
"administrador" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC · "administrados" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- administrador ← addministrador · adimnistrador · admiinstrador · adminisrtador · adminisstrador · administardor · administraddor · administradorr
- administrados ← addministrados · adimnistrados · admiinstrados · adminisrtados · adminisstrados · administardos · administraddos · administradoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "administrador" for "administrados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "administrador" vs "administrados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "administrador" and "administrados" 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 "administrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,457 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administrador" 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 #209,457 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.