Oligarchie

[oliɡaʁˈçiː]

/[oliɡaʁˈçiː]/ noun

The verdict

“Oligarchie” is uncommon German (frequency #58,137 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,137
frequency rank, German
1,007
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Herrschaft einer kleinen, bestimmten Gruppe

Corpus desk

Index DE-oligarchie · Oligarchie · German

Oligarchie · rank #58,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,137
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,007
  • PHOTO-FINISH Obstbäumen

Nearest frequency peer: Obstbäumen (-2 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 „Oligarchie“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Oligarchie
PropertyValue
HeadwordOligarchie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oliɡaʁˈçiː]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,137
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Oligarchie“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Obstbäumen“ (#58,135), „Optimisten“ (#58,139), „observations“ (#58,134). Unter 1,007 „O“-Lemmata liegt „Oligarchie“ bei #58,137. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Oligarchie is uncommon German at frequency #58,137 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oliɡaʁˈçiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Herrschaft einer kleinen, bestimmten Gruppe".

Zero misspellings are on record for Oligarchie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Oligarchie, spelled O-L-I-G-A-R-C-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Herrschaft einer kleinen, bestimmten Gruppe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das alte Rom war eine Oligarchie.
  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).“

Antonyms

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 "Oligarchie"?
"Oligarchie" is spelled O-L-I-G-A-R-C-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [oliɡaʁˈçiː].
What does "Oligarchie" mean?
As a noun, "Oligarchie" means: Herrschaft einer kleinen, bestimmten Gruppe
How do you pronounce "Oligarchie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Oligarchie" is [oliɡaʁˈçiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Oligarchie" come from?
"Oligarchie" 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 "Oligarchie", 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