autocracia

/aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/

//aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ// noun

The verdict

“autocracia” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #57,156 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#57,156
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forma de governo na qual poder ilimitado está nas mãos de um único indivíduo

Key facts for autocracia
PropertyValue
Headwordautocracia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#57,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “autocracia” sits in Portuguese 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). autocracia lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for autocracia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,156 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "forma de governo na qual poder ilimitado está nas mãos de um único indivíduo".

No misspelling variants are generated for autocracia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is autocracia, spelled A-U-T-O-C-R-A-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma de governo na qual poder ilimitado está nas mãos de um único indivíduo

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autocracia"?
"autocracia" is spelled A-U-T-O-C-R-A-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/.
What does "autocracia" mean?
As a noun, "autocracia" means: forma de governo na qual poder ilimitado está nas mãos de um único indivíduo
How do you pronounce "autocracia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autocracia" is /aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autocracia" come from?
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Using “autocracia”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-T-O-C-R-A-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /aw.tɔ.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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