mediocracy
/ˌmiː.dɪˈɒk.ɹə.si/
"mediocracy" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mediocracy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A social hierarchy in which the mediocre prevails.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mediocracy · mediocracy · English
mediocracy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mediocracy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmiː.dɪˈɒk.ɹə.si/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mediocracy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mediocracy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmiː.dɪˈɒk.ɹə.si/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A social hierarchy in which the mediocre prevails.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mediocracy, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of mediocre + -cracy. The correct English form is mediocracy, spelled M-E-D-I-O-C-R-A-C-Y.
Definition
- 1A social hierarchy in which the mediocre prevails.
Etymology
Blend of mediocre + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.