# democratic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌdɛm.əˈkɹæt.ɪk/ · frequency rank #1,893

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people.
2. Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party”).

## Etymology
From Middle French democratique (“pertaining to democracy, democratic”) (modern French démocratique), and its etymon Late Latin democraticus (“pertaining to democracy, democratic; democrat”), from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós, “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”), from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā, “democracy”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix with the sense ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokrătĭ́ā) is derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people; popular assembly; popular government, democracy”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide; to share”)) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, suffix meaning ‘government; rule’) (from κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “might, strength; dominion, power”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“insight, intelligence; strength”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, demo- + -cratic or democrat + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **democrat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/democrat-vs-democratic)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ddemocratic`, `demcoratic`, `demmocratic`, `democartic`, `democcratic`, `democraitc`, `democratci`, `democraticc`, `democrattic`, `democrratic`, `democrtaic`, `demorcatic`, `deomcratic`, `dmeocratic`, `edmocratic`

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