cacocratie
\ka.ko.kʁa.ti\
The verdict
“cacocratie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gouvernement par les plus mauvais, mauvais gouvernement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cacocratie · cacocratie · French
cacocratie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacocratie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ko.kʁa.ti\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cacocratie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ko.kʁa.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gouvernement par les plus mauvais, mauvais gouvernement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cacocratie, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cacocratie, spelled C-A-C-O-C-R-A-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Gouvernement par les plus mauvais, mauvais gouvernement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cacocratie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La confiscation « démocratique » de tous les pouvoirs du Peuple, débouche de nos jours sur la « cacocratie », le gouvernement par les plus mauvais, célébré par les plus crapuleux et dont profitent les plus corrompus.
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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.