# political

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pəˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/ · frequency rank #517

## Definitions
1. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
2. Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
3. Inappropriately motivated by political calculation, as it pertains to elections, power dynamics, ideologies, etc.
4. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power, standing, influence or conflict.
5. Interested in politics.

## Etymology
From politic + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **politics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/political-vs-politics)
- **politico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/political-vs-politico)
- **politician** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/political-vs-politician)
- **politically** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/political-vs-politically)
- **politic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/politic-vs-political)
- **poetical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poetical-vs-political)

## Common misspellings (13)
`oplitical`, `ploitical`, `poiltical`, `poliitcal`, `politcial`, `politiacl`, `politicall`, `politiccal`, `politicla`, `polittical`, `pollitical`, `poltiical`, `ppolitical`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/political