plutocracy
/pluːˈtɑːkɹəsi/noun
plutocracy is spelled P-L-U-T-O-C-R-A-C-Y: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plutocracy means “Government by the wealthy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plutocracy is plutocracies.
How many letters and syllables are in plutocracy?
| Letters | 10: P-L-U-T-O-C-R-A-C-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 71,529th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plutocracy?
Plutocracy appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 71,529th 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 plutocracy?
- UK /pluːˈtɒkɹəsi/
- US /pluːˈtɑːkɹəsi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-plutocracy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plutocracy?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plutocracy 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 plutocracy
- plutocracies plural
- plousiocracy
- ploutocracy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plutocracy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Government by the wealthy.
- 2
A controlling class of the wealthy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plutocracy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ploutocratie |
| German | Plutokratie , Plutokraten |
| Portuguese | plutocracia |
| Spanish | plutocracia |
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 plutocracy come from?
From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokratéō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “power”, “might”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).