social-démocrate

\sɔ.sjal.de.mɔ.kʁat\

/\sɔ.sjal.de.mɔ.kʁat\/ noun

The verdict

“social-démocrate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partisan de la social-démocratie ; socialiste non marxiste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-social-democrate · social-démocrate · French

social-démocrate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" 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 social-démocrate
PropertyValue
Headwordsocial-démocrate
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔ.sjal.de.mɔ.kʁat\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « social-démocrate » en français

social-démocraten'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

social-démocrate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔ.sjal.de.mɔ.kʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

social-démocrate has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is social-démocrate, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L---D-É-M-O-C-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partisan de la social-démocratie ; socialiste non marxiste.
  2. 2
    Membre ou partisan d'un parti membre de la Deuxième Internationale ; en principe socialiste marxiste.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant que dans l'économie communiste le Gosplan était substitué à la « main invisible » du marché, le keynésianisme tempéré, combinant le rôle de l'État et celui du marché, inspirait la pensée des démocrates américains et des sociaux-démocrates européens.
  2. Ils pensent qu'il faut investir ici, fabriquer ici, créer de emplois de qualité ici, ce qui est essentiel pour les sociaux-démocrates.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "social-démocrate"?
"social-démocrate" is spelled S-O-C-I-A-L---D-É-M-O-C-R-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔ.sjal.de.mɔ.kʁat\.
What does "social-démocrate" mean?
As a noun, "social-démocrate" means: Partisan de la social-démocratie ; socialiste non marxiste.
How do you pronounce "social-démocrate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "social-démocrate" is \sɔ.sjal.de.mɔ.kʁat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "social-démocrate" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list