burocrata
/bu.ɾu.ˈkɾa.tɐ/
The verdict
“burocrata” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,416 among 840 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,416
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 840
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indivíduo que faz parte da burocracia
Corpus desk
Index PT-burocrata · burocrata · Portuguese
burocrata · rank #55,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,416
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 840
- PHOTO-FINISH catita
Nearest frequency peer: catita (+11 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “burocrata”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bestial
bestial
44,599 corpus weight
- burocrata
burocrata
44,585 corpus weight
- catita
catita
44,574 corpus weight
- cedência
cedência
44,571 corpus weight
- celeuma
celeuma
44,570 corpus weight
- cloaca
cloaca
44,561 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “burocrata” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | burocrata |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /bu.ɾu.ˈkɾa.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “burocrata” em português
Rare enough to double-check
burocrata is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,416 among 840 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /bu.ɾu.ˈkɾa.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for burocrata in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is burocrata, spelled B-U-R-O-C-R-A-T-A.
Definition
- 1indivíduo que faz parte da burocracia
- 2funcionário cujo comportamento no trabalho é excessivamente rígido e rotineiro
- 3funcionário que abusa do poder de seu cargo, por julgá-lo de prestígio, e toma atitudes que prejudicam os outros ou o funcionamento do sistema
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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