Generally, no, you can't recharacterize excess 401(k) employee deferrals as employer contributions for a prior year, even if you are the plan administrator.
You also can't simply apply last year's excess to a future year. Contributions must be allocated to the year in which they were actually made and subject to that year's limits.
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