politisch

/[poˈliːtɪʃ]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,080

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

politisch is anGermanadj. It means: die Politik betreffend Pronounced [poˈliːtɪʃ]. It ranks #2,080 in German word frequency. Often confused with Polnisch and politische.

Key facts for politisch
PropertyValue
Headwordpolitisch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[poˈliːtɪʃ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,080
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of politisch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for politisch is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [poˈliːtɪʃ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,080 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Politik betreffend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for politisch, with forms such as "oplitisch", "ploitisch", and "poiltisch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Polnisch", "politische", "politischen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is politisch, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-S-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Politik betreffend

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oplitisch,ploitisch,poiltisch,poliitsch,politicsh,politiscch,politischh,politishc,politissch,politsich,polittisch,pollitisch,poltiisch,ppolitisch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for politisch

Misspelling Variants of "politisch"

oplitisch9ploitisch9poiltisch9poliitsch9politicsh9politiscch10politischh10politishc9
Misspelling Variants of "politisch"

Frequency rank: #2,080 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "politisch"?
"politisch" is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-S-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [poˈliːtɪʃ].
What does "politisch" mean?
As an adj, "politisch" means: die Politik betreffend
What words are commonly confused with "politisch"?
"politisch" is commonly confused with "Polnisch", "politische", "politischen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "politisch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "politisch" is [poˈliːtɪʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "politisch" come from?
"politisch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.