administrer

/\ad.mi.nis.tʁe\/ verb

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.

Key facts for administrer
PropertyValue
Headwordadministrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ad.mi.nis.tʁe\
Letters11
Frequency rank#16,535
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “administrer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). administrer lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Gouverner, régir les affaires publiques ou particulières.
  2. 2
    Donner ; appliquer ; infliger.
  3. 3
    Conférer les sacrements.
  4. 4
    Donner le viatique et l’extrême-onction, à un mourant.
  5. 5
    Produire, fournir.
  6. 6
    Fournir des témoins, des titres, des preuves.
  7. 7
    Faire passer, un concours, un test, un examen, une épreuve.
  8. 8
    Se 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"

addministrer1adimnistrer2admiinstrer2adminisrter2adminisstrer1administerr2administrerr1administrre2
Edit distance from "administrer"

Frequency rank: #16,535 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "administrer"?
"administrer" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\.
What does "administrer" mean?
As a verb, "administrer" means: Gouverner, régir les affaires publiques ou particulières.
What words are commonly confused with "administrer"?
"administrer" is commonly confused with "administré", "administrée", "administrées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "administrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administrer" is \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "administrer" come from?
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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

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.