kleptocracy
"kleptocracy" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kleptocracy” is uncommon English (frequency #86,433 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,433
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kleptocracy · kleptocracy · English
kleptocracy · rank #86,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,433
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH klaxon
Nearest frequency peer: klaxon (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “kleptocracy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Kinloch
Kinloch
13,573 corpus weight
- Kipnis
Kipnis
13,571 corpus weight
- klaxon
klaxon
13,569 corpus weight
- kleptocracy
kleptocracy
13,568 corpus weight
- Koirala
Koirala
13,566 corpus weight
- Kolmogorov
Kolmogorov
13,564 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “kleptocracy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kleptocracy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kleptocracy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kleptocracy is uncommon English at frequency #86,433 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.".
kleptocracy has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From klepto- + -cracy. The correct English form is kleptocracy, spelled K-L-E-P-T-O-C-R-A-C-Y.
Definition
- 1A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kleptocracy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.
Etymology
From klepto- + -cracy.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).