aristocrate

/\a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁat\/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,835

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

aristocrate is aFrenchnoun. It means: Membre d’une aristocratie, noble. Pronounced \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁat\. Often confused with aristocratie and aristocrates.

Key facts for aristocrate
PropertyValue
Headwordaristocrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁat\
Letters11
Frequency rank#28,835
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aristocrate in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for aristocrate is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁat\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,835 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for aristocrate, with forms such as "airstocrate", "arisotcrate", and "arisstocrate". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "aristocratie", "aristocrates", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is aristocrate, spelled A-R-I-S-T-O-C-R-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Membre d’une aristocratie, noble.
  2. 2
    Partisan de l’aristocratie.
  3. 3
    Celui, celle qui en a adopté le genre de vie et les habitudes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: airstocrate,arisotcrate,arisstocrate,aristcorate,aristocarte,aristoccrate,aristocraet,aristocratte,aristocrrate,aristocrtae,aristorcate,aristtocrate,aritsocrate,arristocrate,arsitocrate,raistocrate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aristocrate

Misspelling Variants of "aristocrate"

airstocrate11arisotcrate11arisstocrate12aristcorate11aristocarte11aristoccrate12aristocraet11aristocratte12
Misspelling Variants of "aristocrate"

Frequency rank: #28,835 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aristocrate"?
"aristocrate" is spelled A-R-I-S-T-O-C-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁat\.
What does "aristocrate" mean?
As a noun, "aristocrate" means: Membre d’une aristocratie, noble.
What words are commonly confused with "aristocrate"?
"aristocrate" is commonly confused with "aristocratie", "aristocrates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aristocrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aristocrate" is \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aristocrate" come from?
"aristocrate" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.