Meritokratie
[meʁitokʁaˈtiː]
The verdict
“Meritokratie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prinzip, dass Amtsträger/Herrscher/Leiter/Führungspersonen gemäß ihren erbrachten Leistungen ausgewählt werden, – als Regierungsform eines Staates oder in anderen politischen oder wirtschaftlichen ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meritokratie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meʁitokʁaˈtiː] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meritokratie” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Meritokratie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meʁitokʁaˈtiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prinzip, dass Amtsträger/Herrscher/Leiter/Führungspersonen gemäß ihren erbrachten Leistungen ausgewählt werden, – als Regierungsform eines Staates oder in anderen politischen oder wirtschaftlichen ...".
Meritokratie has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Meritokratie, spelled M-E-R-I-T-O-K-R-A-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Prinzip, dass Amtsträger/Herrscher/Leiter/Führungspersonen gemäß ihren erbrachten Leistungen ausgewählt werden, – als Regierungsform eines Staates oder in anderen politischen oder wirtschaftlichen Organisationen
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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.
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Using “Meritokratie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-R-I-T-O-K-R-A-T-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meʁitokʁaˈtiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.