# supremacy

> English word · Noun · IPA /suˈpɹɛməsi/ · frequency rank #12,337

## Definitions
1. The quality of being supreme.
2. Power over all others.
3. The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
4. A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.

## Etymology
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.

## Easily confused with
- **supremely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/supremacy-vs-supremely)

## Common misspellings (14)
`spuremacy`, `ssupremacy`, `supermacy`, `suppremacy`, `supreamcy`, `supremaccy`, `supremacyy`, `supremayc`, `supremcay`, `supremmacy`, `suprmeacy`, `suprremacy`, `surpemacy`, `uspremacy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/supremacy