burocracia
/bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/
The verdict
“burocracia” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,302 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,302
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burocracia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #9,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “burocracia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for burocracia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /bu.ɾu.kɾɐ.ˈsi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,302 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1estrutura 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
- 2influência em uma estrutura hierárquica e complexa da administração pública
- 3complicação ou dificuldade no cumprimento de um serviço administrativo
- 4classe dos burocratas
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “burocracia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-U-R-O-C-R-A-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bu.ɾu.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.