ploutocrate
\plu.tɔ.kʁat\
The verdict
“ploutocrate” 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) - Celui, celle qui exerce le pouvoir par l’argent et pour l’argent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ploutocrate · ploutocrate · French
ploutocrate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | ploutocrate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \plu.tɔ.kʁat\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ploutocrate » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ploutocrate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \plu.tɔ.kʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui, celle qui exerce le pouvoir par l’argent et pour l’argent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ploutocrate, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 ploutocrate, spelled P-L-O-U-T-O-C-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celui, celle qui exerce le pouvoir par l’argent et pour l’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ploutocrate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais ensuite elle révéla qu’elle avait la charge de deux douzaines de pigeons voyageurs, logés quelque part à bord du paquebot, qu’elle « rapportait à un ploutocrate », un de ses voisins du Carmarthenshire.
Ces courants sont le populisme autoritaire à la Trump, bien en vue dans les convois de camionneurs, et la droite libertarienne, celle qui souhaite effacer l’État au profit des ploutocrates et qui occupe déjà une place enviable dans les institutions qui définissent nos politiques publiques – notamment grâce aux millions de la Fondation Koch et d’autres « p…
This word in other languages
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.