Which to use
“administrative” and “administratives” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,118
- “administrative” frequency rank
- #5,944
- “administratives” frequency rank
- 10062
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administrative | administratives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de administratif. | Féminin pluriel de administratif. |
Same sound, different letters: administrative vs administratives
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 14 letters. administrative runs 14 letters (VCCVCVCCCVCVCV) against administratives's 15 (VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - administrative / administratives
This is the hard kind. administrative and administratives are pronounced identically (\ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv\) 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) - “administrative” sits inside “administratives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
administrative is recorded at frequency rank #4,118, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv\. administratives is at rank #5,944, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁa.tiv\.
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 10062, this pair ranks #414,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of administrative vs administratives
Shared letters: adeimnrstv. Private to "administrative": -. Private to "administratives": -.
"administrative" · 14 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCV · "administratives" · 15 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- administrative ← addministrative · adimnistrative · admiinstrative · adminisrtative · adminisstrative · administartive · administraitve · administratiev
- administratives ← addministratives · adimnistratives · admiinstratives · adminisrtatives · adminisstratives · administartives · administraitves · administratievs
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "administrative" and "administratives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "administrative" or "administratives"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "administrative" / "administratives". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "administrative" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "administratives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,351 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administrative" and "administratives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administrative vs administratrice". 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 #414,351 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.