plutocrat

noun

"plutocrat" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“plutocrat” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

Corpus desk

Index EN-plutocrat · plutocrat · English

plutocrat · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for plutocrat
PropertyValue
Headwordplutocrat
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “plutocrat” in English

plutocratranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plutocrat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for plutocrat in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”). The correct English form is plutocrat, spelled P-L-U-T-O-C-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how plutocrat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonym: oligarch

Etymology

From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plutocrat"?
"plutocrat" is spelled P-L-U-T-O-C-R-A-T.
What does "plutocrat" mean?
As a noun, "plutocrat" means: Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.
What is the origin of the word "plutocrat"?
From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list