# bureaucrat

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbjʊəɹəkɹæt/ · frequency rank #35,211

## Definitions
1. An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
2. A user on a wiki with the right to change user access levels.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥
Proto-Hellenic *pāwər
Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)
Proto-Indo-European *-rós
Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)
Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor.
Latin burrus
Latin burra
Old French *bure
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Old French burel
French bureau
Proto-Indo-European *kret-
Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor.
French -cratie
French bureaucratie
French bureaucratebor.
English bureaucrat
From French bureaucrate, equivalent to bureau + -crat.

## Easily confused with
- **bureaucratic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bureaucrat-vs-bureaucratic)
- **bureaucracy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bureaucracy-vs-bureaucrat)

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbureaucrat`, `brueaucrat`, `bueraucrat`, `buraeucrat`, `bureacurat`, `bureaucart`, `bureauccrat`, `bureaucratt`, `bureaucrrat`, `bureaucrta`, `bureaurcat`, `bureuacrat`, `burreaucrat`, `ubreaucrat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bureaucrat