Bürokratie

/[byʁokʁaˈtiː]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,473

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Bürokratie is aGermannoun. It means: bürokratisches (sich sehr streng an die [amtlichen] Vorschriften haltendes) Handeln Pronounced [byʁokʁaˈtiː]. Often confused with Bürokraten.

Key facts for Bürokratie
PropertyValue
HeadwordBürokratie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[byʁokʁaˈtiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,473
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bürokratie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bürokratie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [byʁokʁaˈtiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,473 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Bürokratie, with forms such as "bbürokratie", "brüokratie", and "büorkratie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Bürokraten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bürokratie, spelled B-Ü-R-O-K-R-A-T-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bürokratisches (sich sehr streng an die [amtlichen] Vorschriften haltendes) Handeln
  2. 2
    Verwaltungsapparat, Gesamtheit der Beamten
  3. 3
    eine Herrschaftsform, in der Beamten die Herrschaft ausüben

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbürokratie,brüokratie,büorkratie,bürkoratie,bürokartie,bürokkratie,bürokraite,bürokratei,bürokrattie,bürokrratie,bürokrtaie,bürorkatie,bürrokratie,übrokratie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bürokratie

Misspelling Variants of "Bürokratie"

bbürokratie11brüokratie10büorkratie10bürkoratie10bürokartie10bürokkratie11bürokraite10bürokratei10
Misspelling Variants of "Bürokratie"

Frequency rank: #12,473 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bürokratie"?
"Bürokratie" is spelled B-Ü-R-O-K-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [byʁokʁaˈtiː].
What does "Bürokratie" mean?
As a noun, "Bürokratie" means: bürokratisches (sich sehr streng an die [amtlichen] Vorschriften haltendes) Handeln
What words are commonly confused with "Bürokratie"?
"Bürokratie" is commonly confused with "Bürokraten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bürokratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bürokratie" is [byʁokʁaˈtiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bürokratie" come from?
"Bürokratie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.