politics
pol·i·tics/ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/noun, verb
politics is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S, 3 syllables: pol·i·tics. The wrong spelling people search most is poltics: about 80 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Politics is a noun meaning “A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an…”.
How many letters and syllables are in politics?
| Letters | 8: P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: pol·i·tics |
| In writing | 74 times per million words; the 1,427th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, poltics, about 80 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell politics?
Politics is spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is politics?
Politics appears 74 times per million words in written English, the 1,427th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce politics?
- UK /ˈpɒl.ɪ.tɪks/
- UK /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/
- US /ˈpɑ.lɪ.tɪks/
Politics has 3 syllables, split pol·i·tics in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-politics.ogg, En-us-politics.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of politics
- politicses hypercorrect, plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does politics mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A methodology and activities associated with the interpersonal aspects of running a government, an organization, or a movement.
local politics
- 2
The profession of conducting political affairs.
He made a career out of politics.
- 3
One's political stands and opinions.
Their politics are clear from the bumper stickers on their cars.
- 4
Political maneuvers or diplomacy between people, groups, or organizations, especially involving power, standing, influence or conflict.
- 5
informalReal-world beliefs and social issues irrelevant to the topic at hand.
We're trying to talk about comic books, don't mention politics.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of politic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate politics?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of politics: polit..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Politics in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a methodology and activities associated with running a government:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does politics come from?
From the adjective politic, by analogy with Aristotle’s τά πολῑτῐκᾱ́ (tá polītĭkā́, “affairs of state”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).