Which to use
“administrées” is an adjective and “administrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,286
- “administrées” frequency rank
- #16,535
- “administrer” frequency rank
- 60821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administrées | administrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de administré. | Gouverner, régir les affaires publiques ou particulières. |
Same sound, different letters: administrées vs administrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. administrées runs 12 letters (VCCVCVCCCVVC) against administrer's 11 (VCCVCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - administrées / administrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: administrées 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 60821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
administrées is recorded at frequency rank #44,286, 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 60821, this pair ranks #95,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of administrées vs administrer
Shared letters: adeimnrst. Private to "administrées": é. Private to "administrer": -.
"administrées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVC · "administrer" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- administrer ← addministrer · adimnistrer · admiinstrer · adminisrter · adminisstrer · administerr · administrerr · administrre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "administrées" and "administrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "administrées" or "administrer"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "administrées" / "administrer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "administrées" 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 #95,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administrées" and "administrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administrée vs administrées". 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 #95,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.