politico
/pəˈlɪtɪkəʊ/
"politico" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“politico” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,635 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,635
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A politician.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | politico |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pəˈlɪtɪkəʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #23,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “politico” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for politico is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pəˈlɪtɪkəʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,635 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for politico, with forms such as "oplitico", "ploitico", and "poiltico". 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, "portico", "politics", "politic", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian politico or Spanish político. The correct English form is politico, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1A politician.
- 2Someone involved in the professional life of a politician or a political campaign to varying degrees.
- 3A prominent activist.
- 4Someone with strong views regarding a political cause.
- 5Someone who follows politics regularly and is knowledgeable about at least the political news in their local area.
Etymology
From Italian politico or Spanish político.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oplitico,ploitico,poiltico,poliitco,politcio,politicco,politioc,polittico,pollitico,poltiico,ppolitico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of politico - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “politico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-O-L-I-T-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pəˈlɪtɪkəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “portico” - see the side-by-side comparison. politico vs portico
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.