aristocratie

\a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si\

/\a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“aristocratie” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,297
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme de gouvernement où le pouvoir n’est possédé que par un certain nombre de personnes constituant une classe privilégiée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aristocratie · aristocratie · French

aristocratie · rank #16,297 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,297
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH apôtre

Nearest frequency peer: apôtre (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « aristocratie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « aristocratie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aristocratie vs aristocratique
86% similar
aristocratie vs aristocrate
92% similar
aristocratie vs aristocrates
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aristocratie
PropertyValue
Headwordaristocratie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si\
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,297
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « aristocratie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).aristocratiese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « apôtre » (#16,296), « ass » (#16,298), « antérieurs » (#16,295). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « aristocratie » est au #16,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around aristocratie (IPA \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,297 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for aristocratie, with forms such as "airstocratie", "arisotcratie", and "arisstocratie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "aristocratique", "aristocrate", "aristocrates", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is aristocratie, spelled A-R-I-S-T-O-C-R-A-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forme de gouvernement où le pouvoir n’est possédé que par un certain nombre de personnes constituant une classe privilégiée.
  2. 2
    Classe noble.
  3. 3
    Élite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aristocratie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C'est plutôt le contraire qui est vrai ou qui du moins renferme la plus forte part de vérité : maintes fois l’aristocratie mérita le nom de « kakistocratie », dit-il, qu'il soit empereur ou chef de bureau, dont Léopold de Ranke se sert dans son histoire.
  2. Sous Auguste, toutefois, une profonde réaction se produisit. En 27, on décida le rétablissement de la vieille république, c'est-à-dire, de l’aristocratie ; […]

Antonyms

cacocratie

This word in other languages

aristocracy(English)aristocracia(Español)Aristokratie(Deutsch)aristocracia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • airstocratie
  • arisotcratie
  • arisstocratie
  • aristcoratie
  • aristocartie
  • aristoccratie
  • aristocraite
  • aristocratei
  • aristocrattie
  • aristocrratie
  • aristocrtaie
  • aristorcatie
  • aristtocratie
  • aritsocratie
  • arristocratie
  • arsitocratie
  • raistocratie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aristocratie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

airstocratie2arisotcratie2arisstocratie1aristcoratie2aristocartie2aristoccratie1aristocraite2aristocratei2
Edit distance from "aristocratie"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aristocratie"?
"aristocratie" is spelled A-R-I-S-T-O-C-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si\.
What does "aristocratie" mean?
As a noun, "aristocratie" means: Forme de gouvernement où le pouvoir n’est possédé que par un certain nombre de personnes constituant une classe privilégiée.
What words are commonly confused with "aristocratie"?
"aristocratie" is commonly confused with "aristocratique", "aristocrate", "aristocrates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aristocratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aristocratie" is \a.ʁis.tɔ.kʁa.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aristocratie" come from?
"aristocratie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aristocratie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

épouvantable#16,282couronnement#16,330triangulaire#16,254transversale#16,252

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

éloignement17 variantscharpentier17 variantsexpliquerait17 variantsfonctionnant17 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list