oligarchie

\ɔ.li.ɡaʁ.ʃi\

/\ɔ.li.ɡaʁ.ʃi\/ noun

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The verdict

“oligarchie” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,020. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,020
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gouvernement politique où l’autorité souveraine est entre les mains d’un petit nombre de personnes ou d’une puissante famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-oligarchie · oligarchie · French

oligarchie · rank #22,020 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,020
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH ogre

Nearest frequency peer: ogre (-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 « oligarchie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « oligarchie » 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
Key facts for oligarchie
PropertyValue
Headwordoligarchie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.li.ɡaʁ.ʃi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,020
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « oligarchie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.oligarchiese 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 « ogre » (#22,019), « objections » (#22,018), « oued » (#22,022). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « oligarchie » est au #22,020. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around oligarchie (IPA \ɔ.li.ɡaʁ.ʃi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,020 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for oligarchie, with forms such as "loigarchie", "oilgarchie", and "olgiarchie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is oligarchie, spelled O-L-I-G-A-R-C-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gouvernement politique où l’autorité souveraine est entre les mains d’un petit nombre de personnes ou d’une puissante famille.
  2. 2
    Groupe restreint de personnes qui a accaparé le pouvoir à son profit.
  3. 3
    Groupe restreint de personnes qui se partagent les richesses d’un territoire donné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si nous voulons répondre aux défis du XXIᵉ siècle, il faut revenir en démocratie : cela suppose de reconnaître l’oligarchie pour ce qu’elle est, un régime qui vise à maintenir les privilèges des riches au mépris des urgences sociales et écologiques.
  2. À vrai dire, la République romaine n’était qu’une oligarchie despotique et pillarde dont les chefs s’enrichissaient en dépouillant le monde par les guerres et les rapines.

Synonyms

oligocratie

This word in other languages

oligarchy(English)oligarquía(Español)Oligarchie(Deutsch)oligarquia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • loigarchie
  • oilgarchie
  • olgiarchie
  • oliagrchie
  • oligacrhie
  • oligarcchie
  • oligarchei
  • oligarchhie
  • oligarcihe
  • oligarhcie
  • oligarrchie
  • oliggarchie
  • oligrachie
  • olligarchie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oligarchie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

loigarchie2oilgarchie2olgiarchie2oliagrchie2oligacrhie2oligarcchie1oligarchei2oligarchhie1
Edit distance from "oligarchie"

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 "oligarchie"?
"oligarchie" is spelled O-L-I-G-A-R-C-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.li.ɡaʁ.ʃi\.
What does "oligarchie" mean?
As a noun, "oligarchie" means: Gouvernement politique où l’autorité souveraine est entre les mains d’un petit nombre de personnes ou d’une puissante famille.
What are common misspellings of "oligarchie"?
Common misspellings include "loigarchie", "oilgarchie", "olgiarchie", "oliagrchie", "oligacrhie". The correct spelling is "oligarchie".
How do you pronounce "oligarchie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oligarchie" is \ɔ.li.ɡaʁ.ʃi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "oligarchie" come from?
"oligarchie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

objections#22,018percussion#22,027persistant#22,028modulation#22,003

Similar misspelling depth

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

plongeant14 variantsporteront14 variantsRambouillet14 variantsfoncières14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list