theocratic
"theocratic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“theocratic” is uncommon English (frequency #55,145 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,145
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to theocracy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-theocratic · theocratic · English
theocratic · rank #55,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,145
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH thermoelectric
Nearest frequency peer: thermoelectric (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “theocratic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- taketh
taketh
44,863 corpus weight
- theocratic
theocratic
44,856 corpus weight
- thermoelect…
thermoelectric
44,855 corpus weight
- thet
thet
44,854 corpus weight
- Tippett
Tippett
44,852 corpus weight
- togethers
togethers
44,851 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “theocratic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | theocratic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “theocratic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
theocratic is uncommon English at frequency #55,145 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
theocratic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From theocrat + -ic or theo- + -cratic. The correct English form is theocratic, spelled T-H-E-O-C-R-A-T-I-C.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to theocracy.
- 2Conforming to God-rule, by Christian behavior.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how theocratic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes,” he said. “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understa…
Etymology
From theocrat + -ic or theo- + -cratic.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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