technocrat
/ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/
"technocrat" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“technocrat” is uncommon English (frequency #86,839 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,839
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An advocate of technocracy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | technocrat |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “technocrat” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
technocrat is uncommon English at frequency #86,839 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
technocrat has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from technocracy, equivalent to techno- + -crat. The correct English form is technocrat, spelled T-E-C-H-N-O-C-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1An advocate of technocracy.
- 2An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role.
- 3A person who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion.
Etymology
Back-formation from technocracy, equivalent to techno- + -crat.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “technocrat”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-C-H-N-O-C-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.