Demokratie

/[demokʁaˈtiː]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,506

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Demokratie is aGermannoun. It means: Volksherrschaft; politisches Prinzip, nach dem das Volk durch freie Wahlen, andere Abstimmungen oder losbestimmte Vertreter an der Machtausübung im Staat teilhat Pronounced [demokʁaˈtiː]. It ranks #1,506 in German word frequency. Often confused with Demokratien and Demokrat.

Key facts for Demokratie
PropertyValue
HeadwordDemokratie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[demokʁaˈtiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#1,506
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Demokratie is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [demokʁaˈtiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,506 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Demokratie, with forms such as "ddemokratie", "demkoratie", and "demmokratie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Demokratien", "Demokrat", "Demokraten", and more, 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 Demokratie, spelled D-E-M-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
    Volksherrschaft; politisches Prinzip, nach dem das Volk durch freie Wahlen, andere Abstimmungen oder losbestimmte Vertreter an der Machtausübung im Staat teilhat
  2. 2
    Regierungssystem, das das in [1] beschriebene Prinzip verwirklicht
  3. 3
    Staat, dessen Regierungssystem das Prinzip [1] verwirklicht
  4. 4
    auf andere gesellschaftliche oder politische Ebenen übertragene Bedeutung [1] (ohne Plural) Prinzip der freien und gleichberechtigten Willensbildung und Mitbestimmung in unter- oder überstaatlichen Gruppen oder Organisationen durch deren Angehörige

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddemokratie,demkoratie,demmokratie,demokartie,demokkratie,demokraite,demokratei,demokrattie,demokrratie,demokrtaie,demorkatie,deomkratie,dmeokratie,edmokratie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Demokratie

Misspelling Variants of "Demokratie"

ddemokratie11demkoratie10demmokratie11demokartie10demokkratie11demokraite10demokratei10demokrattie11
Misspelling Variants of "Demokratie"

Frequency rank: #1,506 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Demokratie"?
"Demokratie" is spelled D-E-M-O-K-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [demokʁaˈtiː].
What does "Demokratie" mean?
As a noun, "Demokratie" means: Volksherrschaft; politisches Prinzip, nach dem das Volk durch freie Wahlen, andere Abstimmungen oder losbestimmte Vertreter an der Machtausübung im Staat teilhat
What words are commonly confused with "Demokratie"?
"Demokratie" is commonly confused with "Demokratien", "Demokrat", "Demokraten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Demokratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Demokratie" is [demokʁaˈtiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Demokratie" come from?
"Demokratie" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.