Autokratie

[aʊ̯tokʁaˈtiː]

/[aʊ̯tokʁaˈtiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Autokratie” is uncommon German (frequency #60,377 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,377
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staatsform, in der die absolute Herrschaft von einer Person oder Gruppe ausgeht

Corpus desk

Index DE-autokratie · Autokratie · German

Autokratie · rank #60,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,377
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH auszurüsten

Nearest frequency peer: auszurüsten (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Autokratie“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Autokratie“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Autokratie
PropertyValue
HeadwordAutokratie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aʊ̯tokʁaˈtiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Autokratie“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Autokratiefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „auszurüsten“ (#60,376), „avanti“ (#60,378), „Austauschs“ (#60,375). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Autokratie“ bei #60,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Autokratie is uncommon German at frequency #60,377 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʊ̯tokʁaˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staatsform, in der die absolute Herrschaft von einer Person oder Gruppe ausgeht".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Autokratie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Autokratie, spelled A-U-T-O-K-R-A-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staatsform, in der die absolute Herrschaft von einer Person oder Gruppe ausgeht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Autokratie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nach jahrzehntelangem Leben in einer Autokratie müssen sich die Menschen erst an den Gedanken einer neugewonnenen Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung gewöhnen.
  2. „Parlamentarische Demokratien im heutigen Sinne gab es noch nicht. Wohl aber existierten parlamentarisch verfaßte Oligarchien (Großbritannien) neben relativ offenen parlamentarischen Systemen (Frankreich=, stark eingeschränkt parlamentarischen, halb-autoritären Strukturen (Deutsches Reich und Österreich-Ungarn) und beinahe unbegrenzte Autokratien (Rußland).“

Synonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Autokratie"?
"Autokratie" is spelled A-U-T-O-K-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯tokʁaˈtiː].
What does "Autokratie" mean?
As a noun, "Autokratie" means: Staatsform, in der die absolute Herrschaft von einer Person oder Gruppe ausgeht
How do you pronounce "Autokratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Autokratie" is [aʊ̯tokʁaˈtiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Autokratie" come from?
"Autokratie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Autokratie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list