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

#7,948
“administrativas” frequency rank
#7,653
“administrativos” frequency rank
15601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administrativas administrativos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de administrativo. Forma del plural de administrativo.

Where the eye mixes administrativas and administrativos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 14 letters in sequence. administrativas and administrativos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Look-alike desk: administrativas vs administrativos

A purely visual mix-up. administrativas ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞as]) and administrativos ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) 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 “administrativas” becomes o in “administrativos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

administrativas is recorded at frequency rank #7,948, classified as anadj, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞as]. administrativos is at rank #7,653, tagged as anadj, pronounced [að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞os].

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 15601, this pair ranks #279,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of administrativas vs administrativos

Shared letters: adimnrstv. Private to "administrativas": -. Private to "administrativos": o.

"administrativas" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC  ·  "administrativos" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administrativas ← addministrativas · adimnistrativas · admiinstrativas · adminisrtativas · adminisstrativas · administartivas · administraitvas · administratiavs
  • administrativos ← addministrativos · adimnistrativos · admiinstrativos · adminisrtativos · adminisstrativos · administartivos · administraitvos · administratibos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "administrativas" and "administrativos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞as] versus [að̞minist̪ɾaˈt̪iβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "administrativas" or "administrativos"?
"administrativos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,653 in our Spanish list, against #7,948 for "administrativas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "administrativas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "administrativos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #279,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "administrativas" and "administrativos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administration vs administrativos". 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 #279,484 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