administradoresvsadministradosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: administradores is a adjective, administrados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#8,340
“administradores” frequency rank
#25,510
“administrados” frequency rank
33850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administradores administrados
Definition Forma del plural de administrador. Forma del plural de administrado, participio de administrar.

Where the eye mixes administradores and administrados

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

15 ch
administradores
13 ch
administrados

Visual trap between administradores and administrados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: administradores is [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾes] while administrados is [að̞minisˈt̪ɾað̞os]. 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 (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

administradores is recorded at frequency rank #8,340, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈð̞oɾes]. 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 33850, this pair ranks #194,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of administradores vs administrados

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administradoresaddministradores · adimnistradores · admiinstradores · adminisrtadores · adminisstradores · administardores · administraddores · administradoers
  • administradosaddministrados · adimnistrados · admiinstrados · adminisrtados · adminisstrados · administardos · administraddos · administradoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "administradores" and "administrados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "administradores" is an adjective and "administrados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "administradores" or "administrados" show up more?
"administradores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,340 in our Spanish list, against #25,510 for "administrados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "administradores" 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 #194,564 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "administradores" 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 #194,564 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