bureaucratie

\by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si\

/\by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“bureaucratie” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,421. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,421
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autorité, pouvoir diffus qui se caractérise par des règles procédurières strictes, la division des responsabilités, une forte hiérarchie et des relations impersonnelles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bureaucratie · bureaucratie · French

bureaucratie · rank #18,421 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,421
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brûlures

Nearest frequency peer: brûlures (-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 « bureaucratie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « bureaucratie » 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).

bureaucratie vs bureaucratique
86% similar
bureaucratie vs bureaucrates
83% similar

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

Key facts for bureaucratie
PropertyValue
Headwordbureaucratie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si\
Letters12
Frequency rank#18,421
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « bureaucratie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bureaucratiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brûlures » (#18,420), « butler » (#18,422), « brooks » (#18,419). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bureaucratie » est au #18,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around bureaucratie (IPA \by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,421 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for bureaucratie, with forms such as "bbureaucratie", "brueaucratie", and "bueraucratie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "bureaucratique", "bureaucrates", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bureaucratie, spelled B-U-R-E-A-U-C-R-A-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Autorité, pouvoir diffus qui se caractérise par des règles procédurières strictes, la division des responsabilités, une forte hiérarchie et des relations impersonnelles.
  2. 2
    Caste administrative politique qui accapare le pouvoir et les richesses.
  3. 3
    Paperasserie.
  4. 4
    Administration, condition, occupation d’employé de bureau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] Tarbouriech a même étudié des modèles de paperasses à recommander à la bureaucratie future.
  2. Le « pas de zèle » de M. de Talleyrand fait partie du vocabulaire de la haute bureaucratie française.

This word in other languages

bureaucracy(English)burocracia(Español)Bürokratie(Deutsch)burocracia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbureaucratie
  • brueaucratie
  • bueraucratie
  • buraeucratie
  • bureacuratie
  • bureaucartie
  • bureauccratie
  • bureaucraite
  • bureaucratei
  • bureaucrattie
  • bureaucrratie
  • bureaucrtaie
  • bureaurcatie
  • bureuacratie
  • burreaucratie
  • ubreaucratie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bureaucratie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbureaucratie1brueaucratie2bueraucratie2buraeucratie2bureacuratie2bureaucartie2bureauccratie1bureaucraite2
Edit distance from "bureaucratie"

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 "bureaucratie"?
"bureaucratie" is spelled B-U-R-E-A-U-C-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si\.
What does "bureaucratie" mean?
As a noun, "bureaucratie" means: Autorité, pouvoir diffus qui se caractérise par des règles procédurières strictes, la division des responsabilités, une forte hiérarchie et des relations impersonnelles.
What words are commonly confused with "bureaucratie"?
"bureaucratie" is commonly confused with "bureaucratique", "bureaucrates". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bureaucratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bureaucratie" is \by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bureaucratie" come from?
"bureaucratie" 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 "bureaucratie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

chorégraphie#18,434concurrencer#18,442Villeurbanne#18,363tremblements#18,353

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

comprenons16 variantsastronautes16 variantsconsistent16 variantscontrôlées16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list