precariat
"precariat" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“precariat” 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 May 6, 2026) - People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | precariat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “precariat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
precariat is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.".
Zero misspellings are on record for precariat in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of precarious + proletariat, emerging from the socio-economic theories of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and popularized by economist Guy Standing in his book The Precariat (2011). The correct English form is precariat, spelled P-R-E-C-A-R-I-A-T.
Definition
- 1People suffering from precarity, especially as a social class; people living a precarious existence, without security or predictability, especially job security.
Etymology
Blend of precarious + proletariat, emerging from the socio-economic theories of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and popularized by economist Guy Standing in his book The Precariat (2011).
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.
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Using “precariat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-C-A-R-I-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.