médiocratie
\me.djɔ.kʁa.si\
The verdict
“médiocratie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gouvernement, domination des médiocres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mediocratie · médiocratie · French
médiocratie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | médiocratie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.djɔ.kʁa.si\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « médiocratie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
médiocratie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.djɔ.kʁa.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for médiocratie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is médiocratie, spelled M-É-D-I-O-C-R-A-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Gouvernement, domination des médiocres.
- 2Gouvernement exercé par les classes moyennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how médiocratie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Incapable de soupçonner l’influence de la médiocratie de sa vallée, Montcornet ne parla donc pas de Gaubertin, dont la main attisait le foyer de ces renaissantes difficultés.
Le règne de la médiocratie des petits chefs.
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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.