polity
/ˈpɑ.lə.ti/noun
polity is spelled P-O-L-I-T-Y: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, polity means “Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of polity is polities.
How many letters and syllables are in polity?
| Letters | 6: P-O-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is polity?
Polity appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 polity?
- UK /ˈpɒl.ɪ.ti/
- US /ˈpɑ.lə.ti/
- US [ˈpɑ.lə.ɾi]
Polity has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: UK_Audio_'Polity'.ogg, En-us-polity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with polity?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as polity from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of polity
- polities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does polity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Organizational structure and governance, especially of a state or a religion.
Church polity was a topic of fierce dispute in 17th-century Britain.
- 2
A politically organized unit, especially a nation of people, a class or ingroup that governs it, or the state ruled thereby.
New polities emerged in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Polity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Gemeinwesen |
| Portuguese | regime , estado |
| Spanish | régimen , estado |
| French | politie |
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 polity come from?
From Middle French politie, from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “polity, policy, the state”). Doublet of police, policy, and polis (“police”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).