démocrate

\de.mɔ.kʁat\

/\de.mɔ.kʁat\/ adj

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The verdict

“démocrate” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,126
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Démocratique, qui relève de la démocratie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-democrate · démocrate · French

démocrate · rank #5,126 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,126
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH déficit

Nearest frequency peer: déficit (-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 « démocrate »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « démocrate » 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).

démocrate vs démocratie
90% similar
démocrate vs démocrates
90% similar
démocrate vs démocraties
82% similar

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

Key facts for démocrate
PropertyValue
Headworddémocrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.mɔ.kʁat\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,126
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « démocrate »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).démocratese 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 « déficit » (#5,125), « désigner » (#5,127), « défauts » (#5,124). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « démocrate » est au #5,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around démocrate (IPA \de.mɔ.kʁat\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,126 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Démocratique, qui relève de la démocratie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for démocrate, with forms such as "ddémocrate", "democrate", and "dméocrate". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "démocratie", "démocrates", "démocraties", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is démocrate, spelled D-É-M-O-C-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Démocratique, qui relève de la démocratie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un mouvement démocrate.

This word in other languages

democratic(English)demokratisch(Deutsch)democrata(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddémocrate
  • democrate
  • dméocrate
  • démcorate
  • démmocrate
  • démocarte
  • démoccrate
  • démocraet
  • démocratte
  • démocrrate
  • démocrtae
  • démorcate
  • déomcrate
  • édmocrate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of démocrate - 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.

ddémocrate1democrate1dméocrate2démcorate2démmocrate1démocarte2démoccrate1démocraet2
Edit distance from "démocrate"

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 "démocrate"?
"démocrate" is spelled D-É-M-O-C-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \de.mɔ.kʁat\.
What does "démocrate" mean?
As an adjective, "démocrate" means: Démocratique, qui relève de la démocratie.
What words are commonly confused with "démocrate"?
"démocrate" is commonly confused with "démocratie", "démocrates", "démocraties". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "démocrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "démocrate" is \de.mɔ.kʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "démocrate" come from?
"démocrate" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

exercices#5,131expertise#5,132connaitre#5,115cimetière#5,113

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

dangereuse14 variantsrépression14 variantsproposent14 variantssouhaitent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list