bürokratisch
[byʁoˈkʁaːtɪʃ]
The verdict
“bürokratisch” is an uncommon German word, ranked #61,383 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #61,383
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sich sehr pedantisch an Regeln haltend / Vorschriften befolgend, dabei autoritär, schwerfällig und unflexibel wirkend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bürokratisch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [byʁoˈkʁaːtɪʃ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bürokratisch” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for bürokratisch is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [byʁoˈkʁaːtɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,383 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
bürokratisch has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is bürokratisch, spelled B-Ü-R-O-K-R-A-T-I-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1sich sehr pedantisch an Regeln haltend / Vorschriften befolgend, dabei autoritär, schwerfällig und unflexibel wirkend
- 2den Regeln einer Verwaltung folgend
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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.
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Using “bürokratisch”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is B-Ü-R-O-K-R-A-T-I-S-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.