administraçãovsadministradoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: administração is a noun, administrado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“administração” is a noun and “administrado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,135
“administração” frequency rank
#15,242
“administrado” frequency rank
16377
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature administração administrado
Definition ciência que estuda os empreendimentos humanos com o objetivo de alcançar um resultado eficaz e retorno financeiro de forma sustentável e com responsabilidade social gerido ou governado

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set administração and administrado apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

13 ch
administração
12 ch
administrado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: administração is anoun and administradoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

administração is recorded at frequency rank #1,135, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐd.mi.niʃ.tɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. administrado is at rank #15,242, tagged as anadj.

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 16377, this pair ranks #55,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of administração vs administrado

Shared letters: adimnorst. Private to "administração": ãç. Private to "administrado": -.

"administração" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCVV  ·  "administrado" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • administradoaddministrado · adimnistrado · admiinstrado · adminisrtado · adminisstrado · administardo · administraddo · administraod

Frequency comparison

administração#1,135
administrado#15,242

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "administração" and "administrado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "administração" is a noun and "administrado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "administração" or "administrado"?
"administração" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,135 in our Portuguese list, against #15,242 for "administrado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering administração vs administrado

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “administração”; for an adjective, it's “administrado”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “administração” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list