undemocratize
"undemocratize" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undemocratize” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make not democratic, or less democratic
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | undemocratize |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “undemocratize” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
undemocratize is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To make not democratic, or less democratic".
undemocratize has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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: From un- + democratize. The correct English form is undemocratize, spelled U-N-D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-Z-E.
Definition
- 1To make not democratic, or less democratic
Etymology
From un- + democratize.
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 “undemocratize”
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- The one correct English spelling is U-N-D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T-I-Z-E - 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.