Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "administrativas" or "administrativos"?
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.