administração

Name: administração, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“administração” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,135
frequency rank, Portuguese: 4,352
“A” headwords: 18
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ciência que estuda os empreendimentos humanos com o objetivo de alcançar um resultado eficaz e retorno financeiro de forma sustentável e com responsabilidade social

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

administração vs administrado

85% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for administração
Property	Value
Headword	administração
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters	13
Frequency rank	#1,135
Misspellings tracked	18
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “administração” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). administração lands here:

#1,135

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around administração (IPA /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,135 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for administração, with forms such as "addministração", "adimnistração", and "admiinstração". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "administrado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is administração, spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

1
ciência que estuda os empreendimentos humanos com o objetivo de alcançar um resultado eficaz e retorno financeiro de forma sustentável e com responsabilidade social
2
o gerenciamento de um escritório, negócio ou organização
3
a função de uma entidade política (como um estado, por exemplo) ao exercer suas obrigações governamentais
4
os deveres de um administrador ao exercer as funções executivas de sua posição
5
um grupo de administradores, principalmente no que se refere ao governo
6
o período do mandato de um administrador governamental
7
o ato de dispensar formalmente algo
8
aplicação de um remédio

This word in other languages

administration(English)administración(Español)administration(Français)Verwaltung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

addministração
adimnistração
admiinstração
adminisrtação
adminisstração
administarção
administraãço
administraçoã
administrração
administrçaão
administtração
adminitsração
adminnistração
adminsitração
admministração
admniistração
amdinistração
daministração

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of administração - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "administração"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "administração"?

"administração" is spelled A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

What does "administração" mean?

As a noun, "administração" means: ciência que estuda os empreendimentos humanos com o objetivo de alcançar um resultado eficaz e retorno financeiro de forma sustentável e com responsabilidade social

What words are commonly confused with "administração"?

"administração" is commonly confused with "administrado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "administração"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "administração" is /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "administração" come from?

"administração" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “administração”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-M-I-N-I-S-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “administrado” - see the side-by-side comparison. administração vs administrado
Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.