Which to use
“administré” is an adjective and “administrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,288
- “administré” frequency rank
- #16,535
- “administrer” frequency rank
- 32823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administré | administrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est administré. | Gouverner, régir les affaires publiques ou particulières. |
Same sound, different letters: administré vs administrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. administré runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCCV) against administrer's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: administré vs administrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: administré and administrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32823, 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\. administrer is at rank #16,535, tagged as averb, 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 32823, this pair ranks #294,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of administré vs administrer
Shared letters: adimnrst. Private to "administré": é. Private to "administrer": e.
"administré" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCV · "administrer" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- administrer ← addministrer · adimnistrer · admiinstrer · adminisrter · adminisstrer · administerr · administrerr · administrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "administré" for "administrer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "administré" vs "administrer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "administré" / "administrer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "administré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "administrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administré" and "administrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administrées vs administrer". 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 #294,727 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.