democracy
de·moc·ra·cy/dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/noun
democracy is spelled D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y, 4 syllables: de·moc·ra·cy. The wrong spelling people search most is demorcracy: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 1,111 of all searches for the word. Democracy is a noun meaning “Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as”. The plural of democracy is democracies.
How many letters and syllables are in democracy?
| Letters | 9: D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: de·moc·ra·cy |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, demorcracy, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell democracy?
Democracy is spelled D-E-M-O-C-R-A-C-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 1,109 of the searches for democracy in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is democracy?
Democracy appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce democracy?
- UK /dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/
- US /dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/
- Canada /dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/
Democracy has 4 syllables, split de·moc·ra·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-democracy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-democracy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with democracy?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as democracy from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkɹəsi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of democracy
- democracies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does democracy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Rule by the people, especially as a form of government, such as
- 2
A form of government where the people elect representatives who propose and approve laws and administer the government on their behalf (representative democracy).
- 3
A form of government where the people vote directly on laws and government decisions (direct democracy).
- 4
A government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its jurisdiction.
- 5
A state with a democratic system of government.
Some countries which were originally monarchies, like the UK, have maintained their status as monarchies whilst also becoming democracies in the modern era; others, like France, completely disposed of their monarchies when they became democ
- 6
Belief in political freedom and equality; the "spirit of democracy".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Democracy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rule by the people:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | démocratie |
| German | Demokratie, Volksherrschaft |
| Portuguese | democracia |
| Spanish | democracia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does democracy come from?
From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā). By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).