cleptocratie
\klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\
The verdict
“cleptocratie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de kleptocratie sur la base francisée du préfixe que l’on a dans cleptomane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cleptocratie · cleptocratie · French
cleptocratie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | cleptocratie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cleptocratie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cleptocratie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de kleptocratie sur la base francisée du préfixe que l’on a dans cleptomane.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cleptocratie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cleptocratie, spelled C-L-E-P-T-O-C-R-A-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de kleptocratie sur la base francisée du préfixe que l’on a dans cleptomane.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cleptocratie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La « cleptocratie » désigne l’action des gouvernants qui pillent, détournent et volent, sans sourciller et impunément, les biens de l’Etat ou les deniers publics.
La meilleure façon pour pour y parvenir est de pratiquer la cleptocratie. Ce modèle de gouvernance implique que l’élite d’un pays dispose du pouvoir dans le seul but d’engranger le maximum de richesses possibles. — (Mikal Hem, Et si je devenais dictateur, traduit du norvégien par Jean-Baptiste Coursaud, Gaïa, 2017, page 101)
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.