technocratie

\tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\

/\tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\/ noun

The verdict

“technocratie” is uncommon French (frequency #69,473 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,473
frequency rank, French
164,488
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Système politique, ou de management, dans lequel les experts spécialisés, appelés technocrates, ont un pouvoir prédominant.

Key facts for technocratie
PropertyValue
Headwordtechnocratie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\
Letters12
Frequency rank#69,473
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “technocratie” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). technocratie lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

technocratie is uncommon French at frequency #69,473 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for technocratie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is technocratie, spelled T-E-C-H-N-O-C-R-A-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Système politique, ou de management, dans lequel les experts spécialisés, appelés technocrates, ont un pouvoir prédominant.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des technocrates, des experts techniques qui détiennent le pouvoir.
  3. 3
    Forme de gouvernement, proposée par Howard Scott, basée sur l’ajustement scientifique de la production à la consommation avec une économie utilisant des unités énergétiques pour la mesure et le contrôle, au lieu des valeurs monétaires.

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); 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 "technocratie"?
"technocratie" is spelled T-E-C-H-N-O-C-R-A-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\.
What does "technocratie" mean?
As a noun, "technocratie" means: Système politique, ou de management, dans lequel les experts spécialisés, appelés technocrates, ont un pouvoir prédominant.
How do you pronounce "technocratie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "technocratie" is \tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "technocratie" come from?
"technocratie" 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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Using “technocratie”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-E-C-H-N-O-C-R-A-T-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tɛk.nɔ.kʁa.si\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list