burocracia

/bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/

//bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“burocracia” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,302
frequency rank, Portuguese
840
“B” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estrutura jurídica do Estado que visa regulamentar os procedimentos a serem utilizados em cada ato do Poder Público; em regra, a burocracia é necessária para fazer cumprir o princípio básico da Adm...

Corpus desk

Index PT-burocracia · burocracia · Portuguese

burocracia · rank #9,302 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,302
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 840
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cairo

Nearest frequency peer: Cairo (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “burocracia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “burocracia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for burocracia
PropertyValue
Headwordburocracia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,302
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “burocracia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).burocraciacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Cairo” (#9,303), “calada” (#9,304), “boneco” (#9,299). Entre 840 lemas com “B”, “burocracia” fica em #9,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around burocracia (IPA /bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,302 among 840 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for burocracia, with forms such as "bburocracia", "bruocracia", and "buorcracia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is burocracia, spelled B-U-R-O-C-R-A-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    estrutura jurídica do Estado que visa regulamentar os procedimentos a serem utilizados em cada ato do Poder Público; em regra, a burocracia é necessária para fazer cumprir o princípio básico da Administração Pública, que é a impessoalidade
  2. 2
    influência em uma estrutura hierárquica e complexa da administração pública
  3. 3
    complicação ou dificuldade no cumprimento de um serviço administrativo
  4. 4
    classe dos burocratas

Synonyms

chichilaria

This word in other languages

bureaucracy(English)burocracia(Español)bureaucratie(Français)Bürokratie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bburocracia
  • bruocracia
  • buorcracia
  • burcoracia
  • burocarcia
  • buroccracia
  • burocracai
  • burocraccia
  • burocraica
  • burocrcaia
  • burocrracia
  • burorcacia
  • burrocracia
  • ubrocracia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of burocracia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bburocracia1bruocracia2buorcracia2burcoracia2burocarcia2buroccracia1burocracai2burocraccia1
Edit distance from "burocracia"

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 "burocracia"?
"burocracia" is spelled B-U-R-O-C-R-A-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/.
What does "burocracia" mean?
As a noun, "burocracia" means: estrutura jurídica do Estado que visa regulamentar os procedimentos a serem utilizados em cada ato do Poder Público; em regra, a burocracia é necessária para fazer cumprir o princípio básico da Adm...
What are common misspellings of "burocracia"?
Common misspellings include "bburocracia", "bruocracia", "buorcracia", "burcoracia", "burocarcia". The correct spelling is "burocracia".
How do you pronounce "burocracia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "burocracia" is /bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "burocracia" come from?
"burocracia" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

definitivo#9,321estrutural#9,335hambúrguer#9,349programado#9,392

Similar misspelling depth

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

chanceler14 variantsdenominação14 variantssolicitação14 variantsindenização14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list