cleptocratie

\klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\

/\klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\/ noun

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.

Key facts for cleptocratie
PropertyValue
Headwordcleptocratie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cleptocratie » en français

cleptocratien'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Variante de kleptocratie sur la base francisée du préfixe que l’on a dans cleptomane.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cleptocratie"?
"cleptocratie" is spelled C-L-E-P-T-O-C-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\.
What does "cleptocratie" mean?
As a noun, "cleptocratie" means: Variante de kleptocratie sur la base francisée du préfixe que l’on a dans cleptomane.
How do you pronounce "cleptocratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cleptocratie" is \klɛp.tɔ.kʁa.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cleptocratie" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list