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Burocrat or bureaucrat?

Did you mean bureaucrat? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.

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Correct spelling: bureaucrat. Misspelling: burocrat.

letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there

Memory tip

Bureau + crat: the start is spelled like bureau, a desk or office.

Why people write “burocrat”

“burocrat” differs from “bureaucrat” in 3 places: it leaves out the E; it leaves out the A; and it writes O where bureaucrat has U.

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make bureaucrat automatic.

What does “bureaucrat” mean?

bureaucrat noun

  1. an official of a bureaucracy

    Synonyms:

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Bureaucrat” in a sentence

  • A bureaucrat stamped the form.

Is “bureaucrat” a playable word?

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14 points in Scrabble · 18 in Words With Friends

  • Scrabble (US)
  • Scrabble (UK)
  • Words With Friends

“burocrat” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from BUREAUCRAT.

Bureaucrat: quick answers

Is it burocrat or bureaucrat?
The correct spelling is bureaucrat. “burocrat” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell bureaucrat?
Bureau + crat: the start is spelled like bureau, a desk or office.
What does bureaucrat mean?
Bureaucrat means: an official of a bureaucracy.