Which to use
“administré” is an adjective and “administrée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,288
- “administré” frequency rank
- #23,745
- “administrée” frequency rank
- 40033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administré | administrée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est administré. | Administré, en parlant d’une femme. |
Same sound, different letters: administré vs administrée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. administré runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCCV) against administrée's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - administré and administrée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: administré and administrée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “administré” sits inside “administrée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
administré is recorded at frequency rank #16,288, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. administrée is at rank #23,745, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\.
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 40033, this pair ranks #243,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of administré vs administrée
Shared letters: adimnrsté. Private to "administré": -. Private to "administrée": e.
"administré" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV · "administrée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "administré" and "administrée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "administré" or "administrée" show up more?
What to do next
"administré" and "administrée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "administré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "administrée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #243,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administré" and "administrée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administrée vs administrées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #243,549 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.