Politik

[poliˈtiːk]

/[poliˈtiːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Politik” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#494
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen staatlicher Instanzen zur Regelung innerer und äußerer Angelegenheiten

Corpus desk

Index DE-politik · Politik · German

Politik · rank #494 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #494
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH niemand

Nearest frequency peer: niemand (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Politik“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Politik“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Politik vs positiv
57% similar
Politik vs Politiker
78% similar
Politik vs Poetik
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Politik
PropertyValue
HeadwordPolitik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[poliˈtiːk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#494
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Politik“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Politikliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „niemand“ (#493), „Sache“ (#495), „mehrere“ (#492). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Politik“ bei #494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Politik (IPA [poliˈtiːk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #494 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Politik, with forms such as "oplitik", "ploitik", and "poiltik". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "positiv", "Politiker", "Poetik", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Politik, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen staatlicher Instanzen zur Regelung innerer und äußerer Angelegenheiten
  2. 2
    Gesamtheit der Personen, welche die staatlichen Maßnahmen ausführen, und ihre einschlägige Tätigkeit
  3. 3
    Gesamtheit der Leitideen beim Handeln bestimmter Personen oder Personengruppen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Politik appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich unterstütze die Politik unserer Regierung nicht.
  2. „Er wettert gegen die Politik, gegen die Finanzwirtschaft, gegen das Ausland, gegen Brüssel, gegen Sackgassen im Allgemeinen, und all das nur, weil er nicht zugeben kann, dass er sich nicht traut zu wenden, und sich dafür schämt.“

This word in other languages

politics(English)política(Español)politique(Français)política(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oplitik
  • ploitik
  • poiltik
  • poliitk
  • politikk
  • politki
  • polittik
  • pollitik
  • poltiik
  • ppolitik

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Politik - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

oplitik2ploitik2poiltik2poliitk2politikk1politki2polittik1pollitik1
Edit distance from "Politik"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Politik"?
"Politik" is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is [poliˈtiːk].
What does "Politik" mean?
As a noun, "Politik" means: Gesamtheit der Maßnahmen staatlicher Instanzen zur Regelung innerer und äußerer Angelegenheiten
What words are commonly confused with "Politik"?
"Politik" is commonly confused with "positiv", "Politiker", "Poetik". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Politik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Politik" is [poliˈtiːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Politik" come from?
"Politik" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

niemand#493mehrere#492scheint#496Deutsch#486

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Artikel10 variantsmeisten10 variantsStrasse10 variantsBereich10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list