Which to use
“administratif” and “administratifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,117
- “administratif” frequency rank
- #7,514
- “administratifs” frequency rank
- 11631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administratif | administratifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’administration. | Masculin pluriel de administratif. |
Same sound, different letters: administratif vs administratifs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 13 letters. administratif runs 13 letters (VCCVCVCCCVCVC) against administratifs's 14 (VCCVCVCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - administratif and administratifs
This is the hard kind. administratif and administratifs are pronounced identically (\ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tif\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “administratif” sits inside “administratifs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
administratif is recorded at frequency rank #4,117, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tif\. administratifs is at rank #7,514, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tif\.
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 11631, this pair ranks #408,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of administratif vs administratifs
Shared letters: adfimnrst. Private to "administratif": -. Private to "administratifs": -.
"administratif" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVC · "administratifs" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- administratif ← addministratif · adimnistratif · admiinstratif · adminisrtatif · adminisstratif · administartif · administraitf · administratfi
- administratifs ← addministratifs · adimnistratifs · admiinstratifs · adminisrtatifs · adminisstratifs · administartifs · administraitfs · administratfis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "administratif" and "administratifs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "administratif" vs "administratifs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "administratif" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "administratifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administratif" and "administratifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administratifs vs administrations". 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 #408,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.