Autokrat
[aʊ̯toˈkʁaːt]
The verdict
“Autokrat” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alleinherrscher mit unumschränkter Staatsgewalt
Corpus desk
Index DE-autokrat · Autokrat · German
Autokrat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Autokrat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯toˈkʁaːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Autokrat“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Autokrat is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʊ̯toˈkʁaːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Autokrat, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Autokrat, spelled A-U-T-O-K-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Alleinherrscher mit unumschränkter Staatsgewalt
- 2selbstherrlicher Mensch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Autokrat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Trotz all dieser Unterschiede war der Einheitsgedanke niemals aufgegeben worden, und der Kaiser als der Autokrat und Souverän repräsentierte das Ganze, allerdings mit Umsicht, unparteiisch, im Interesse des Ganzen und immer wieder gefährdet durch widrige Kräfte.“
„Tatsächlich erinnert das Verhalten des neuen US-Präsidenten an Autokraten vom Schlag eines Hugo Chávez in Venezuela.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.