administrer
The verdict
“administrer” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #16,535 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #16,535
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Gouverner, régir les affaires publiques ou particulières.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | administrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “administrer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for administrer is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,535 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for administrer, with forms such as "addministrer", "adimnistrer", and "admiinstrer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "administré", "administrée", "administrées", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is administrer, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Gouverner, régir les affaires publiques ou particulières.
- 2Donner ; appliquer ; infliger.
- 3Conférer les sacrements.
- 4Donner le viatique et l’extrême-onction, à un mourant.
- 5Produire, fournir.
- 6Fournir des témoins, des titres, des preuves.
- 7Faire passer, un concours, un test, un examen, une épreuve.
- 8Se donner, s'appliquer, s'infliger
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addministrer,adimnistrer,admiinstrer,adminisrter,adminisstrer,administerr,administrerr,administrre,administrrer,administtrer,adminitsrer,adminnistrer,adminsitrer,admministrer,admniistrer,amdinistrer,daministrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of administrer — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "administrer"
Frequency rank: #16,535 in French
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Using “administrer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “administré” — see the side-by-side comparison. administrer vs administré
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our French index: